--- title: Job 28 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Job chapter 28 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. 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And where is the place of understanding? - [28:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.13/) — לֹא־יָדַע אֱנוֹשׁ עֶרְכָּהּ וְלֹא תִמָּצֵא בְּאֶרֶץ הַֽחַיִּֽים׃ — Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. - [28:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.14/) — תְּהוֹם אָמַר לֹא בִי־הִיא וְיָם אָמַר אֵין עִמָּדִֽי׃ — The deep saith: 'It is not in me'; and the sea saith: 'It is not with me.' - [28:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.15/) — לֹא־יֻתַּן סְגוֹר תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְלֹא יִשָּׁקֵל כֶּסֶף מְחִירָֽהּ׃ — It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. - [28:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.16/) — לֹֽא־תְסֻלֶּה בְּכֶתֶם אוֹפִיר בְּשֹׁהַם יָקָר וְסַפִּֽיר׃ — It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. - [28:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.17/) — לֹא־יַעַרְכֶנָּה זָהָב וּזְכוֹכִית וּתְמוּרָתָהּ כְּלִי־פָֽז׃ — Gold and glass cannot equal it; neither shall the exchange thereof be vessels of fine gold. - [28:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.18/) — רָאמוֹת וְגָבִישׁ לֹא יִזָּכֵר וּמֶשֶׁךְ חָכְמָה מִפְּנִינִֽים׃ — No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies. - [28:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.19/) — לֹֽא־יַעַרְכֶנָּה פִּטְדַת־כּוּשׁ בְּכֶתֶם טָהוֹר לֹא תְסֻלֶּֽה׃פ — The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. - [28:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.20/) — וְֽהַחָכְמָה מֵאַיִן תָּבוֹא וְאֵי זֶה מְקוֹם בִּינָֽה׃ — Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding? - [28:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.21/) — וְֽנֶעֶלְמָה מֵעֵינֵי כָל־חָי וּמֵעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם נִסְתָּֽרָה׃ — Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. - [28:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.22/) — אֲבַדּוֹן וָמָוֶת אָמְרוּ בְּאָזְנֵינוּ שָׁמַעְנוּ שִׁמְעָֽהּ׃ — Destruction and Death say: 'We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.' - [28:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.23/) — אֱלֹהִים הֵבִין דַּרְכָּהּ וְהוּא יָדַע אֶת־מְקוֹמָֽהּ׃ — God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof. - [28:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.24/) — כִּי־הוּאלִקְצוֹת־הָאָרֶץ יַבִּיט תַּחַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמַיִם יִרְאֶֽה׃ — For He looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; - [28:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.25/) — לַעֲשׂוֹת לָרוּחַ מִשְׁקָל וּמַיִם תִּכֵּן בְּמִדָּֽה׃ — When He maketh a weight for the wind, and meteth out the waters by measure. - [28:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.26/) — בַּעֲשֹׂתוֹלַמָּטָר חֹק וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלֽוֹת׃ — When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the storm of thunders; - [28:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.27/) — אָז רָאָהּ וַֽיְסַפְּרָהּ הֱכִינָהּ וְגַם־חֲקָרָֽהּ׃ — Then did He see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out. - [28:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.28/) — וַיֹּאמֶר ׀ לָֽאָדָם הֵן יִרְאַת אֲדֹנָי הִיא חָכְמָה וְסוּר מֵרָע בִּינָֽה׃ס — And unto man He said: 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.' - ← previous: [Job 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/27/) - next →: [Job 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/29/) - ↑ back to [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/)