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Job 28 Brenton's Septuagint Translation
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and what is the place of knowledge?<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>A mortal has not known its way, neither indeed has it been discovered among men.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not with me.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>One shall not give fine gold instead of it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Neither shall it be compared with gold of Sophir, with the precious onyx and sapphire.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Gold and crystal shall not be equalled to it, neither shall vessels of gold be its exchange.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned: but do thou esteem wisdom above the most precious things.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equalled to it; it shall not be compared with pure gold.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Whence then is wisdom found? and of what kind is the place of understanding?<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>It has escaped the notice of every man, and has been hidden from the birds of the sky.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Destruction and Death said, We have heard the report of it.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>God has well ordered the way of it, and he knows the place of it.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For he surveys the whole <i>earth</i> under heaven, knowing the things in the earth:<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>all that he has made; the weight of the winds, the measures of the water.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>When he made <i>them</i>, thus he saw and numbered them, and made a way for the pealing of the thunder.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then he saw it, and declared it: he prepared it <i>and</i> traced it out.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/29.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 29"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 29" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>