Job 28
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
2Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
3He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
4The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
6The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
7There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
8The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
9He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
10He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
12But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
14The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
15It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
18No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
22Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
23God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
25To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
26When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
27Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- לֹאlôʼH380814× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- הוּאhûwʼH19315× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- מָקוֹםmâqôwmH47255× in this chapter
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
- חׇכְמָהchokmâhH24514× in this chapter
wisdom (in a good sense)
- כֹּלkôlH36054× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5594× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- זָהָבzâhâbH20913× in this chapter
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30453× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- עַיִןʻayinH58693× in this chapter
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- אֶבֶןʼebenH683× in this chapter
a stone
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72003× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7763× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- תַּחַתtachathH84783× in this chapter
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
- בִּינָהbîynâhH9983× in this chapter
understanding
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18702× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- הָפַךְhâphakH20152× in this chapter
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
- זֶהzehH20882× in this chapter
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
- חַיchayH24162× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- חָקַרchâqarH27132× in this chapter
properly, to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately
- יָצָאyâtsâʼH33182× in this chapter
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- אַיʼayH3352× in this chapter
where? hence how?
- כִּיkîyH35882× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- אַיִןʼayinH3702× in this chapter
where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
- כֶּסֶףkeçephH37012× in this chapter
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
- כֶּתֶםkethemH38002× in this chapter
properly, something carved out, i.e. ore; hence, gold (pure as originally mined)
- מִןminH44802× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- מָצָאmâtsâʼH46722× in this chapter
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
- סָלָהçâlâhH55412× in this chapter
to hang up, i.e. weigh, or (figuratively) contemn
- סַפִּירçappîyrH56012× in this chapter
a gem (perhaps used for scratching other substances), probably the sapphire
- אֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwshH5822× in this chapter
a man in general (singly or collectively)
- עָפָרʻâphârH60832× in this chapter
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
- עָרַךְʻârakH61862× in this chapter
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62132× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimH80642× in this chapter
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
- בְּכִיBᵉkîyH10651× in this chapter
a weeping; by analogy, a dripping
- אֲבַדּוֹןʼăbaddôwnH111× in this chapter
abstract, a perishing; concrete, Hades
- בֵּןbênH11211× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אָדָםʼâdâmH1201× in this chapter
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- בָּקַעbâqaʻH12341× in this chapter
to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
- בַּרְזֶלbarzelH12701× in this chapter
iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement