Job 28

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.	1 Silver has its mines, and gold a place for refining.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.	2 Iron is extracted from the earth, the smelted rocks yield copper.
3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.	3 Man makes an end of darkness, to the utmost limit he digs the black rock in shadow dark as death.
4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.	4 Foreigners bore into ravines in unfrequented places, swinging suspended far from human beings.
5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.	5 That earth from which bread comes is ravaged underground by fire.
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.	6 There, the rocks have veins of sapphire and their dust contains gold.
7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:	7 That is a path unknown to birds of prey, unseen by the eye of any vulture;
8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.	8 a path not trodden by the lordly beasts, where no lion ever walked.
9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.	9 Man attacks the flint, upturning mountains by their roots.
10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.	10 He cuts canals through the rock, on the watch for anything precious.
11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.	11 He explores the sources of rivers, bringing hidden things to light.
12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?	12 But where does Wisdom come from? Where is Intel igence to be found?
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.	13 No human being knows the way to her, she is not to be found on earth where they live.
14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.	14 'She is not in me,' says the Abyss; 'Nor here,' replies the Sea.
15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.	15 She cannot be bought with solid gold, nor paid for with any weight of silver,
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.	16 nor valued against gold of Ophir, precious agate or sapphire.
17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.	17 Neither gold nor glass compares with her, for her, a vase of fine gold would be no exchange,
18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.	18 let alone coral or crystal: better go fishing for Wisdom than for pearls!
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.	19 Topaz from Cush is worthless in comparison, and gold, even refined, is valueless.
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?	20 But where does Wisdom come from? Where is Intel igence to be found?
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.	21 She cannot be seen by any living creature, she is hidden from the birds of the sky.
22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.	22 Perdition and Death both say, 'We have heard only rumours of her.'
23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.	23 God alone understands her path and knows where she is to be found.
24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;	24 (For he sees to the remotest parts of the earth, and observes al that lies under heaven.)
25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.	25 When he wil ed to give weight to the wind and measured out the waters with a gauge,
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:	26 when he imposed a law on the rain and mapped a route for thunderclaps to fol ow,
27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.	27 then he saw and evaluated her, looked her through and through, assessing her.
28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.	28 Then he said to human beings, 'Wisdom? - that is fear of the Lord; Intel igence? - avoidance of evil.'