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28:1 银子有矿，炼金有方。
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
28:2 铁从地里挖出，铜从石中熔化。
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
28:3 人为黑暗定界限，查究幽暗阴翳的石头，直到极处。
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
28:4 在无人居住之处刨开矿穴，过路的人也想不到他们。又与人远离，悬在空中摇来摇去。
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
28:5 至于地，能出粮食，地内好像被火翻起来。
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
28:6 地中的石头有蓝宝石，并有金沙。
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
28:7 矿中的路鸷鸟不得知道，鹰眼也未见过。
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
28:8 狂傲的野兽未曾行过。猛烈的狮子也未曾经过。
The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
28:9 人伸手凿开坚石，倾倒山根。
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
28:10 在磐石中凿出水道，亲眼看见各样宝物。
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
28:11 他封闭水不得滴流，使隐藏的物显露出来。
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
28:12 然而，智慧有何处可寻。聪明之处在那里呢。
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
28:13 智慧的价值无人能知，在活人之地也无处可寻。
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
28:14 深渊说，不在我内。沧海说，不在我中。
The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
28:15 智慧非用黄金可得，也不能平白银为它的价值。
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
28:16 俄斐金，和贵重的红玛瑙，并蓝宝石，不足与较量。
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
28:17 黄金，和玻璃，不足与比较。精金的器皿，不足与兑换。
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
28:18 珊瑚，水晶都不足论。智慧的价值胜过珍珠（或作红宝石）。
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
28:19 古实的红璧玺，不足与比较。精金，也不足与较量。
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
28:20 智慧从何处来呢。聪明之处在那里呢。
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
28:21 是向一切有生命的眼目隐藏，向空中的飞鸟掩蔽。
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
28:22 灭没和死亡说，我们风闻其名。
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
28:23 神明白智慧的道路，晓得智慧的所在。
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
28:24 因他鉴察直到地极，遍观普天之下。
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
28:25 要为风定轻重，又度量诸水。
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
28:26 他为雨露定命令，为雷电定道路。
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
28:27 那时他看见智慧，而且述说。他坚定，并且查究。
Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
28:28 他对人说，敬畏主就是智慧。远离恶便是聪明。
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
约伯记28参考
世上有那么多思想家、理论家，有哪位给出了人生的圆满答案？
28:13 约伯说，智慧在活著的人中间是找不到的。人们不懂得神话语的重要性，自然会在世界上寻找智慧。人们不断从众多的哲学家和领袖那里寻找生命的方向，然而约伯说智慧无法在世界上找到。没有一位领袖或领导团体，能有足够的知识或洞察力，去解释整个人生。对生活的最终意义、我们是谁、又往哪里去等问题，答案都必是来自世界以外，高过我们常人的思维。在我们寻找指引的时候，我们要寻找神在圣经中启示的智慧。我们必须认识并信靠生命之主，才能被提升和超越生命的界限。
俄斐金很珍贵的吗？在哪儿可找到？
28:16 俄斐金被认为是最纯的黄金。俄斐可能位于非洲，沿阿拉伯海岸，或在印度。无论它在哪里，离以色列都有相当远的距离，所罗门的船要花上三年才能完成一次航程（参王上9:28；10:22）。
真正的智慧，原来是……
28:28 “敬畏主”是圣经智慧文学（从约伯记到雅歌）的关键主题。向神存尊重之心，敬畏他的权柄和威严，这是发现真正智慧的出发点（参箴1:7-9）。