Job 28 Cross References - Leeser

¹ For truly there is a source for the silver, and a place for the gold which men refine. ² Iron is taken out of the dust, and the stone is melted into copper. ³ An end doth he set to darkness, and the very utmost limit doth he search out, the stones of darkness, and of the shadow of death. ⁴ He breaketh a channel far from the inhabited place; those of unsteady foot, the poorest of men move there about. ⁵ The earth, out of which cometh forth bread, is under its surface turned up as it were with fire. ⁶ Her stones are the place whence the sapphire cometh; and golden dust is also there; ⁷ On the path which no bird of prey knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not surveyed; ⁸ Which ravenous beasts have never trodden, over which the lion hath never passed. ⁹ To the flinty rock he stretcheth forth his hand; he overturneth the mountains from the root. ¹⁰ Amid rocks he heweth out canals: and every precious thing doth his eye behold. ¹¹ The various droppings of water he uniteth into streams, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light. ¹² But wisdom—where shall she he found? and where is the place of understanding? ¹³ Man knoweth not her value: and she is not to be found in the land of the living. ¹⁴ The deep saith, Not in me is she: and the sea saith, She is not with me. ¹⁵ No fine gold can be given in lieu of her, and silver cannot be weighed out as her price. ¹⁶ She cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. ¹⁷ She cannot be estimated after gold and glass; and not in exchange for her can vessels of refined gold be taken. ¹⁸ Coral and crystal will not be thought of; and the value of wisdom is above pearls. ¹⁹ She cannot be estimated after the topaz of Ethiopia, nor can she be valued with pure gold. ²⁰ But wisdom—whence cometh she? and where is the place of understanding? ²¹ Yea, she is hidden from the eyes of all living, and from the fowls of the heavens is she concealed. ²² Perdition and death say, With our ears have we heard a report of her. ²³ God alone understandeth her way, and he knoweth her place; ²⁴ For he looketh to the ends of the earth, whatever is under the whole heaven doth he see. ²⁵ When he imparted weight unto the wind; and when the waters he established by measure; ²⁶ When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the lightning of his thunders; ²⁷ Then did he see her, and make her known; he established her, and also searched her out. ²⁸ And he said unto man, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to eschew evil is understanding.

¹¹ And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, herbs yielding seed, fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, in which its seed is upon the earth: and it was so. ¹² And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees yielding fruit, in which its seed is after their kind: and God saw that it was good.

²⁹ And God said, Behold I have given unto you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree on which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food.

¹¹ The name of the first is Pishon, the same which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. ¹² And the gold of that land is good; there is the bdellium and the onyx stone.

²² And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, an artificer in every article of copper and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

¹⁵ My lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and thee? only bury thy dead.

²² And it came to pass, as the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden earring, half a shekel in weight, and two bracelets for her hands, ten gold shekels in weight;

¹⁰ And they saw the God of Israel; and the place under his feet was like a paved work of brilliant sapphire, and like the color of heaven in clearness.

¹⁷ And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row, a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; this shall be the first row.

²⁰ And the fourth row, a chrysolite, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be fitted in golden casings when they are set in.

¹⁰ And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row, a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; this was the first row.

²² Nevertheless the gold, and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

⁶ Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the nations, that shall hear all these statutes, and they will say, Nothing but a wise and understanding people is this great nation.

⁹ A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, wherein thou shalt not lack anything; a land the stones whereof are iron, and out of the mountains of which thou canst hew copper.

^{29 (29:28)} The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are publicly known belong unto us and to our children for ever, to do all the words of this law.

⁹ Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who would otherwise be able to judge this thy great people?

⁴⁸ And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the Lord: The altar of gold, and the table whereupon the show-bread was, of gold, ⁴⁹ And the candlesticks, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the debir, of pure gold, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, ⁵⁰ And the bowls, and the knives, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges, for the doors of the inner house, for the holy of holies, for the doors of the house, and for the temple, were of gold.

²¹ And all king Solomon’s drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver; it was not valued in the days of Solomon at the least.

¹⁴ And, behold, during my affliction have I prepared for the house of the Lord one hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand times thousand talents of silver; and of copper and iron as much as cannot be weighed; for in such abundance was it: and wood and stone have I prepared; and thou must add thereto.

² But with all my might have I made ready for the house of my God, the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the copper for the things of copper, the iron for the things of iron, and the wood for the things of wood, onyx stones, and stones to be set, bright stones, and stones of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. ³ Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, have I acquired as my own property gold and silver; and this have I given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house: ⁴ Three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses;

⁴ Three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses; ⁵ All that is needed of gold and of silver, and for every manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who now is willing to consecrate his hand this day unto the Lord?

⁹ For as regardeth the Lord, his eyes roam throughout the whole earth, to hold strongly with those whose heart is entire toward him: thou hast done foolishly for this reason; because from this time forth there will be wars with thee.

²¹ Before I go, and return not, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death, ²² A land of utter gloom, as of the darkness of the shadow of death, without any order, and the light of which is like utter gloom.

⁶ And that he would declare unto thee the secrets of wisdom; for it is double to that which is really in our possession: and thou wouldst experience that God overlooketh unto thee much of thy iniquity.

¹⁵ Behold, he restraineth the waters, and they dry up; or he suffereth them to flow, and they overturn the earth.

²² He layeth open deep things from the midst of darkness, and bringeth out unto light the shadow of death.

⁶ Naked is the nether world before him, and there is no covering for the place of corruption.

⁸ He bound up the waters in his clouds; and the cloud bursteth not under their weight;

¹² But wisdom—where shall she he found? and where is the place of understanding?

¹⁴ The deep saith, Not in me is she: and the sea saith, She is not with me. ¹⁵ No fine gold can be given in lieu of her, and silver cannot be weighed out as her price. ¹⁶ She cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

¹⁶ She cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. ¹⁷ She cannot be estimated after gold and glass; and not in exchange for her can vessels of refined gold be taken. ¹⁸ Coral and crystal will not be thought of; and the value of wisdom is above pearls.

¹⁸ Coral and crystal will not be thought of; and the value of wisdom is above pearls. ¹⁹ She cannot be estimated after the topaz of Ethiopia, nor can she be valued with pure gold. ²⁰ But wisdom—whence cometh she? and where is the place of understanding? ²¹ Yea, she is hidden from the eyes of all living, and from the fowls of the heavens is she concealed.

²¹ Yea, she is hidden from the eyes of all living, and from the fowls of the heavens is she concealed. ²² Perdition and death say, With our ears have we heard a report of her.

²² Perdition and death say, With our ears have we heard a report of her. ²³ God alone understandeth her way, and he knoweth her place;

²³ God alone understandeth her way, and he knoweth her place;

²⁸ And he said unto man, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to eschew evil is understanding.

²⁶ Behold, God is great, and we comprehend him not, the number of his years can truly not be searched out.

³² His hands he covereth with light; and he commandeth it to strike the one who striveth against him.

³ Under the whole heavens he letteth it loose, and his lightning over the ends of the earth.

¹¹ Also with moisture he loadeth the cloud; and he scattereth the cloud of his lightning;

¹⁶ Didst thou ever penetrate as far as the springs of the sea? or wander through the bottom of the deep? ¹⁷ Were the gates of death ever laid open unto thee? or canst thou see the doors of the shadow of death?

¹⁹ Where is the way to the spot where the light dwelleth? and the darkness—where is its place,

²⁴ Where is the way to the spot where the light divideth itself, where the east wind is scattered over the earth? ²⁵ Who hath divided off watercourses for the overflowing rain, and a way for the lightning that is followed by thunders,

²⁷ To satisfy waste and desolate lands; and to promote the growth of the tender grass?

^{6 (12:7)} The words of the Lord are pure words, as silver refined in the crucible of earth, purified seven times.

¹ To the chief musician, a psalm of David. ^(19:2) The heavens relate the glory of God; and the expanse telleth of the works of his hands.

^{7 (19:8)} The law of the Lord is perfect, quieting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

^{10 (19:11)} They are those which are to be desired more than gold, and much fine gold; and they are sweeter than honey and the dropping of honeycomb.

³ The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thundereth, the Lord—upon mighty waters. ⁴ The voice of the Lord resoundeth with power; the voice of the Lord resoundeth with majesty. ⁵ The voice of the Lord breaketh in pieces the cedars; yea, the Lord shivereth the cedars of Lebanon; ⁶ And he maketh them skip like a calf; Lebanon and Siryon like young reems. ⁷ The voice of the Lord heweth out flames of fire. ⁸ The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. ⁹ The voice of the Lord causeth the hinds to start, and maketh bare forests: and in his temple every thing speaketh of his glory. ¹⁰ The Lord sat enthroned at the flood: and the Lord will sit as King for ever.

¹³ The Lord looketh from heaven; he seeth all the sons of men. ¹⁴ From the place of his habitation he directeth his view upon all the inhabitants of the earth;

^{14 (34:15)} Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

^{9 (45:10)} Kings’ daughters are among those dear to thee: the queen standeth on thy right hand in fine gold of Ophir.

^{3 (49:4)} My mouth shall speak wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. ^{4 (49:5)} I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open with the harp my riddle.

^{6 (51:8)} Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: therefore do thou cause me to know wisdom in the recesses of the heart.

^{5 (52:7)} Therefore God will also destroy thee for ever: he will take thee away, and pluck thee out of his tent, and root thee out of the land of life. Selah.—

^{10 (83:11)} Who were annihilated at ‘En-dor; they became as dung for the ground. ^{11 (83:12)} Render them, their nobles, like ‘Oreb, and like Zeeb; yea, like Zebach and like Zalmunna’ all their princes; ^{12 (83:13)} Who said, Let us conquer for ourselves the dwellings of God,

¹⁴ Thou art he who causeth grass to grow for the cattle, and herbs by the service of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth; ¹⁵ And wine that maketh joyful the heart of man, and oil to brighten his face, and bread which strengtheneth the heart of man.

¹⁰ The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord; a good understanding have all that fulfill his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

⁷² Better is unto me the law of thy mouth than thousands of gold and silver.

⁷ He causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with the rain; he bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

⁵ Great is our Lord, and abundant in power: his understanding is immeasurable.

⁸ Fire, and hail, snow, and vapor; thou storm-wind that fulfillest his word;

⁷ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: wisdom and instruction fools alone despise.

⁴ If thou wilt seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:

⁴ If thou wilt seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures: ⁵ Then wilt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and the knowledge of God wilt thou find. ⁶ For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

⁶ For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

⁷ Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

¹³ Happy the man that hath found wisdom, and the man that acquireth understanding. ¹⁴ For the obtaining of her is better than the obtaining of silver, and better than fine gold is her product. ¹⁵ She is more precious than pearls; and all the things thou valuest are not equal unto her.

¹⁵ She is more precious than pearls; and all the things thou valuest are not equal unto her.

¹⁹ The Lord hath through wisdom founded the earth: he hath established the heavens through understanding.

⁴ Unto you, O men, I call, and my voice goeth forth to the sons of men, ⁵ Learn, O ye simple, to understand prudence: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

¹⁰ Accept my correction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. ¹¹ For wisdom is better than pearls; and all the things that men wish for are not equal to her.

¹¹ For wisdom is better than pearls; and all the things that men wish for are not equal to her.

¹⁴ Mine are counsel and sound wisdom: I am understanding; mine is might.

¹⁷ I indeed love those that love me: and those that seek me earnestly shall find me. ¹⁸ Riches and honor are with me, yea, enduring wealth and righteousness. ¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold, and than fine gold; and my products, than choice silver.

¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold, and than fine gold; and my products, than choice silver.

²² The Lord created me as the beginning of his way, the first of his works from the commencement,

²² The Lord created me as the beginning of his way, the first of his works from the commencement, ²³ From eternity was I appointed chief, from the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.

²³ From eternity was I appointed chief, from the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth. ²⁴ When there were yet no depths, was I brought forth; when there were yet no springs laden heavily with water.

²⁴ When there were yet no depths, was I brought forth; when there were yet no springs laden heavily with water. ²⁵ Before the mountains were yet sunk down, before the hills was I brought forth:

²⁵ Before the mountains were yet sunk down, before the hills was I brought forth: ²⁶ While as yet he had not made the land and open fields, nor the chief of the dust of the world.

²⁶ While as yet he had not made the land and open fields, nor the chief of the dust of the world.

²⁶ While as yet he had not made the land and open fields, nor the chief of the dust of the world. ²⁷ When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle over the face of the deep;

²⁷ When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle over the face of the deep;

²⁷ When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle over the face of the deep; ²⁸ When he fastened the skies above; when the springs of the deep became strong;

²⁸ When he fastened the skies above; when the springs of the deep became strong;

²⁸ When he fastened the skies above; when the springs of the deep became strong; ²⁹ When he assigned to the sea his decree, that the waters should not transgress his order: when he established firmly the foundations of the earth:

²⁹ When he assigned to the sea his decree, that the waters should not transgress his order: when he established firmly the foundations of the earth:

²⁹ When he assigned to the sea his decree, that the waters should not transgress his order: when he established firmly the foundations of the earth: ³⁰ Then was I near him, as a nursling: and I was day by day his delights, playing before him at all times;

³⁰ Then was I near him, as a nursling: and I was day by day his delights, playing before him at all times; ³¹ Playing in the world, his earth; and having my delights with the sons of men.

³¹ Playing in the world, his earth; and having my delights with the sons of men. ³² And now, O children of men, hearken unto me! for happy those that observe my ways.

¹⁰ The commencement of wisdom is the fear of the Lord; and the knowledge of the Most Holy One is understanding.

¹⁴ The instruction of the wise is a source of life, teaching to avoid the snares of death.

²³ In all painful labor there is profit; but mere words of the lips lead only to want.

³ In every place are the eyes of the Lord, looking on the bad and the good.

¹⁶ How much better is it to obtain wisdom than gold! and to obtain understanding is preferable to silver! ¹⁷ The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he preserveth his soul that watcheth his way.

³ The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the Lord probeth the hearts.

²³ Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

⁴ And through knowledge are chambers filled with all manner of precious and pleasant wealth.

²¹ As the fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: so is a man proved according to his praise.

¹⁰ Who can find a virtuous woman: for far above pearls is her value.

¹³ And I directed my heart to inquire and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this is an evil employment which God hath given to the sons of man to busy themselves therewith.

²³ All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

²³ All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. ²⁴ Far is what formerly was so, and what was deep remaineth deep: who can find it out?

²⁴ Far is what formerly was so, and what was deep remaineth deep: who can find it out? ²⁵ Then I turned myself about together with my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and experience, and to know the wickedness of folly, and the foolishness of madness.

¹⁶ When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the employment that is done upon the earth, how even neither by day nor by night sleep is seen in the eyes of some men: ¹⁷ Then did I see in the whole work of God, that a man is not able to find out the work that is done under the sun; inasmuch as though a man were to toil to seek for it, he would yet not find it; and even if the wise were to think to know it, he would yet not be able to find it.

¹³ The end of the matter is, let us hear the whole: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

¹⁴ His hands are like wheels of gold beset with the chrysolite: his body, an image made of ivory overlaid with sapphires.

¹⁶ Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil;

¹² I will make the mortal more precious than fine gold; and man, more than the valued metal of Ophir.

²⁵ Is it not so? that, when he hath made level its surface he scattereth fennel, and streweth about cumin, and planteth the wheat in rows, and barley on its assigned place, and millet on its proper spot? ²⁶ For his God instructed him rightly, taught him so to do. ²⁷ Truly not with a threshing instrument is fennel threshed, and a wagon-wheel is not turned about upon cumin; but fennel is beaten out with a staff, and cumin with a stick. ²⁸ Bread-corn is crushed; but not for ever doth man keep threshing it; and though he drive over it the wheel of his wagon and his horses, he will not thereby crush it. ²⁹ This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts; wonderful is he in counsel, and excellent in his wise deeds.

²⁵ I have dug, and drunk water; and I will dry up with the sole of my feet all the streams of besieged places.

¹¹ I had said, I shall not see the Lord, the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall not behold man any more among the inhabitants of the regions of death.

¹² Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the waters, and meted out the heavens with the span, and comprised in a measure the dust of the earth, and weighed in the scale-beam the mountains, and the hills in balances?

²⁷ That saith to the deep, Be dry, and thy rivers will I dry up;

² I myself will go before thee, and proud eminences will I level: doors of brass will I break in pieces, and bolts of iron will I cut asunder. ³ And I will give unto thee the treasures of darkness, and riches hidden in secret places; in order that thou mayest know that I am the Lord, who call thee by thy name, the God of Israel;

¹⁰ Behold, I have refined thee, though not into silver: I have approved thee in the crucible of affliction.

⁸ Through oppression and through judicial punishment was he taken away; but his generation—who could tell, that he was cut away out of the land of life, that for the transgressions of my people the plague was laid on him?

¹¹ O thou afflicted, tossed by the tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

²² Are there any among the vanities of the nations those that bestow rain? or can the heavens give forth showers? Behold, thou art this, O Lord our God, and we will hope in thee; for thou hast done all these things.

⁷ Her crowned princes were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more brilliant in body than pearls, more than the sapphire, their countenance:

²² And the likeness of a vault was over the head of the living creatures, shining like the glitter of the purest crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

¹⁶ Syria was thy trader by reason of the multitude of thy productions: with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies they made deposits in thy treasuries.

¹³ In ‘Eden the garden of God didst thou abide; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the chrysolite, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold; thy tabrets and thy flutes of artificial workmanship were prepared in thee on the day thou wast created.

¹³ In ‘Eden the garden of God didst thou abide; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the chrysolite, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold; thy tabrets and thy flutes of artificial workmanship were prepared in thee on the day thou wast created. ¹⁴ Thou wast a cherub with outspread covering wings; and I had set thee upon the holy mountain of God as thou wast; in the midst of the stones of fire didst thou wander.

⁷ And I also had indeed withholden from you the rain, when it was yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and upon another city I caused it not to rain; one piece of land was rained upon, and another piece whereupon it rained not became dried up;

⁴ He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and all the rivers he drieth up: Bashan then withereth, with Carmel, and the flowers of Lebanon wither. ⁵ Mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away; and the earth is lifted up at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. ⁶ Before his indignation who can stand? and who can subsist before the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken down by him.

¹³ Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts that people shall labor for the very fire, and nations shall weary themselves for naught but vanity!

⁹ Laid quite bare is thy bow, like severe rods of punishment goeth forth thy word, Selah: into rivers thou splittest the earth.

¹⁰ For whoever even despised the day of its small beginning: yet will they rejoice when they see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel, with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which hold a survey through all the earth.

¹ Ask from the Lord rain at the time of the latter rain, from the Lord who maketh lightning-clouds: and he will give unto them showers of rain, to every herb in the field.

⁹ And I will bring the third part into the fire, and I will refine them as one refineth silver, and will probe them as gold is probed: they will call on my name, and I will answer their prayer; I will say, They arc my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.

² But who can sustain the day of his coming? and who can stand when he appeareth? for he is like the fire of the melter, and like the lye of the washers: ³ And he will sit as a melter and purifier of silver; and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness