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Job
Explores the themes of suffering and faith through the story of Job, a man tested by losing everything.
Chapter 28
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1
KJV:
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
Geneva:
The siluer surely hath his veyne, and ye gold his place, where they take it.
2
KJV:
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
Geneva:
Yron is taken out of the dust, and brasse is molten out of the stone.
3
KJV:
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
Geneva:
God putteth an end to darkenesse, and he tryeth the perfection of all things: he setteth a bond of darkenesse, and of the shadowe of death.
4
KJV:
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
Geneva:
The flood breaketh out against the inhabitant, and the waters forgotten of the foote, being higher then man, are gone away.
5
KJV:
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
Geneva:
Out of the same earth commeth bread, & vnder it, as it were fire is turned vp.
6
KJV:
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
Geneva:
The stones thereof are a place of saphirs, and the dust of it is golde.
7
KJV:
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
Geneva:
There is a path which no foule hath knowen, neyther hath the kites eye seene it.
8
KJV:
The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Geneva:
The lyons whelpes haue not walked it, nor the lyon passed thereby.
9
KJV:
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
Geneva:
He putteth his hand vpon the rockes, & ouerthroweth the mountaines by the rootes.
10
KJV:
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
Geneva:
He breaketh riuers in the rockes, and his eye seeth euery precious thing.
11
KJV:
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
Geneva:
He bindeth the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light.
12
KJV:
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
Geneva:
But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding?
13
KJV:
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
Geneva:
Man knoweth not the price thereof: for it is not found in the land of the liuing.
14
KJV:
The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Geneva:
The depth sayth, It is not in mee: the sea also sayth, It is not with me.
15
KJV:
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Geneva:
Golde shall not be giuen for it, neyther shall siluer be weighed for the price thereof.
16
KJV:
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Geneva:
It shall not be valued with the wedge of golde of Ophir, nor with the precious onix, nor the saphir.
17
KJV:
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
Geneva:
The golde nor the chrystall shall be equall vnto it, nor the exchange shalbe for plate of fine golde.
18
KJV:
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Geneva:
No mention shall be made of coral, nor of the gabish: for wisedome is more precious then pearles.
19
KJV:
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Geneva:
The Topaz of Ethiopia shal not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure gold.
20
KJV:
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Geneva:
Whence then commeth wisedome? And where is the place of vnderstanding,
21
KJV:
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
Geneva:
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all the liuing, and is hid from the foules of the heauen?
22
KJV:
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
Geneva:
Destruction and death say, We haue heard the fame thereof with our eares.
23
KJV:
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
Geneva:
But God vnderstandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24
KJV:
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
Geneva:
For he beholdeth the endes of the world, and seeth all that is vnder heauen,
25
KJV:
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
Geneva:
To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure.
26
KJV:
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
Geneva:
When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightening of the thunders,
27
KJV:
Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
Geneva:
Then did he see it, and counted it: he prepared it and also considered it.
28
KJV:
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Geneva:
And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.
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