1 “Surely there is a mine for kasap (silver), and a maqawam (place) for zahab (gold) which they zaqaq (refine).
2 Barazal (iron) is laqach (take / seize) out of the ipar (earth), and copper is smelted out of the ore.
3 Man shawam (place / establish / appoint) an qatz (end) to chashak (darkness), and searches out, to the furthest bound, the aban (stone) of apal (obscurity) and of thick tzalamawath (darkness).
4 He paratz (breaks) open a shaft away from where gawar (people) live. They are shakach (forgotten) by the ragal (feet / foot). They hang far from anawash (men), they swing back and forth.
5 As for the aratz (Earth/land), out of it yatzaa (go out / come out) lacham (bread); Underneath it is hapak (turned) up as it were by ash (fire).
6 Sapayar (sapphires) come from its rocks. It has ipar (dust) of zahab (gold).
7 That nathayab (path) no iyat (bird) of prey yadai (knows), neither has the falcon's iyan (eye) shazap (seen) it.
8 The proud animals have not darak (trodden) it, nor has the fierce shachal (lion) idah (passed) by there.
9 He shalach (send) forth his yad (hand) on the chalamayash (flinty) rock, and he overturns the harayam (mountains) by the sharash (roots).
10 He baqai (cuts) out channels among the tzawarawath (rocks). His iyan (eye) raah (see / saw) every yaqar (precious) thing.
11 He chabash (binds) the streams that they don't trickle. The thing that is thailamah (hidden) he yatzaa (go out / come out) forth to awar (light).
12 “But ayan (NO ONE) shall chakamah (wisdom) be matzaa (found)? Where is the maqawam (place) of bayanah (understanding)?
13 Anawash (man) doesn't yadai (know) its irak (price); Neither is it matzaa (found) in the aratz (Earth/land) of the chay (life).
14 The thahawam (depths) amar (said), ‘It isn't in me.’ The yam (sea/waters) amar (said), ‘It isn't with me.’
15 It can't be nathan (give) for sagawar (gold), neither shall kasap (silver) be shaqal (weighed) for its machayar (price).
16 It can't be salah (valued) with the katham (gold) of Awapayar (Ophir), with the yaqar (precious) shaham (Onyx), or the sapayar (sapphire).
17 Zahab (gold) and glass can't irak (equal) it, neither shall it be thamawarah (exchanged) for kalay (jewels) of paz (fine) gold.
18 No zakar (remember) shall be made of raamah (coral) or of crystal. Yes, the mashak (price) of chakamah (wisdom) is above panayanayam (rubies).
19 The patadah (topaz) of Kawash (Ethiopia) shall not irak (equal) it, Neither shall it be salah (valued) with tahawar (pure) katham (gold).
20 Ayan (NO ONE) then does chakamah (wisdom) bawaa (bring) from? Where is the maqawam (place) of bayanah (understanding)?
21 Seeing it is ilam (hidden) from the iyanay (eyes) of all chay (life), and sathar (kept) close from the iwap (flying) of the sky.
22 Abadawan (destruction) and mawath (death) amar (said), ‘We have shamai (hearken / hear) a rumor of it with our azan (ear).’
23 “Alahayam () bayan (between) its darak (way), and he yadai (knows) its maqawam (place).
24 For he nabat (looks) to the ends of the aratz (Earth/land), and raah (see / saw) under the whole sky.
25 He establishes the force of the rawach (spirit / wind). Yes, he measures out the mayam (Waters) by madah (measure).
26 When he ishah (make) a chaq (statute) for the matar (rain), and a darak (way) for the chazayaz (lightning) of the qawal (sound / voice);
27 Then he raah (see / saw) it, and sapar (book) it. He kawan (established) it, yes, and chaqar (searched) it out.
28 To adam (man) he amar (spoke), ‘Behold, the yaraah (fear) of the Adanay (), that is chakamah (wisdom). To sawar (depart) from rai (evil) is bayanah (understanding).’”