## Job Chapter 28

###### Job 28:1
[Job 28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:1)

כִּ֤י יֵ֣שׁ לַכֶּ֣סֶף מוֹצָ֑א וּ֝מָק֗וֹם לַזָּהָ֥ב יָזֹֽקּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold where they refine it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[reversion to 27:6 (… for why should I be wicked? Not for silver and gold)] for there is a source [(a beginning)] for silver and a place where gold is refined [and "finished,] but (verse 20): "Whence does wisdom come, etc."? (i.e., it has no beginning and no end, and it is to that that I have devoted my life)].


###### Job 28:2
[Job 28:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:2)

בַּ֭רְזֶל מֵעָפָ֣ר יֻקָּ֑ח וְ֝אֶ֗בֶן יָצ֥וּק נְחוּשָֽׁה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Iron is drawn from the earth and a stone gives forth copper. [(All things have a beginning and an end, for the world will end and all that is in it.)]


###### Job 28:3
[Job 28:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:3)

קֵ֤ץ**׀** שָׂ֤ם לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ וּֽלְכׇל־תַּ֭כְלִית ה֣וּא חוֹקֵ֑ר אֶ֖בֶן אֹ֣פֶל וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He puts an end to darkness, and searches out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He has set an end for the [onset of] darkness [i.e., oblivion], and He searches out every end, the stone [i.e., the source] of blackness and the shadow of death.


###### Job 28:4
[Job 28:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:4)

פָּ֤רַץ נַ֨חַל**׀** מֵֽעִם־גָּ֗ר הַֽנִּשְׁכָּחִ֥ים מִנִּי־רָ֑גֶל דַּ֖לּוּ מֵאֱנ֣וֹשׁ נָֽעוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He breaks open a watercourse in place far from inhabitants, forgotten by foot-travellers: they are dried up; they are gone away from men.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A stream [(of fire and brimstone)] burst forth from its source [(upon Sodom and Gomorrah)], who [(i.e., the people of Sodom)] caused the [code of the] wayfarer to be forgotten.


###### Job 28:5
[Job 28:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:5)

אֶ֗רֶץ מִמֶּ֥נָּה יֵֽצֵא־לָ֑חֶם וְ֝תַחְתֶּ֗יהָ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ כְּמוֹ־אֵֽשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As for the earth, out of it comes bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A land from which bread had issued forth — its place was overturned, as if [consumed by] fire.


###### Job 28:6
[Job 28:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:6)

מְקוֹם־סַפִּ֥יר אֲבָנֶ֑יהָ וְעַפְרֹ֖ת זָהָ֣ב לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it has dust of gold.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A place of sapphire were its stones, and dusts of gold were there.


###### Job 28:7
[Job 28:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:7)

נָ֭תִיב לֹא־יְדָ֣עוֹ עָ֑יִט וְלֹ֥א שְׁ֝זָפַ֗תּוּ עֵ֣ין אַיָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There is a path which no bird of prey knows, and which the falcon’s eye has not seen:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[And now it is] a path unknown [i.e., unfrequented] by brigands and unseen by the falcon's eye [i.e., not scouted out by the spies],


###### Job 28:8
[Job 28:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:8)

לֹֽא־הִדְרִיכ֥וּהוּ בְנֵי־שָׁ֑חַץ לֹֽא־עָדָ֖ה עָלָ֣יו שָֽׁחַל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
the lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
untrodden by the haughty [beasts] and not crossed by the lion.


###### Job 28:9
[Job 28:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:9)

בַּ֭חַלָּמִישׁ שָׁלַ֣ח יָד֑וֹ הָפַ֖ךְ מִשֹּׁ֣רֶשׁ הָרִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He puts forth his hand upon the rock; he overturns the mountains by the roots.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He sent His hand against the flint. He overturned mountains from their roots.


###### Job 28:10
[Job 28:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:10)

בַּ֭צּוּרוֹת יְאֹרִ֣ים בִּקֵּ֑עַ וְכׇל־יְ֝קָ֗ר רָאֲתָ֥ה עֵינֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He cuts out channels among the rocks; and his eye sees every precious thing.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(reversion to verse 1)] He cleft rocks [as the source of] rivers, and His eye [fore-] saw [the sources of] all precious [things for man].


###### Job 28:11
[Job 28:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:11)

מִ֭בְּכִי נְהָר֣וֹת חִבֵּ֑שׁ וְ֝תַעֲלֻמָ֗הּ יֹ֣צִא אֽוֹר׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He binds the floods so that they do not trickle; and the thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
From Bechi [(a source of a kind)] He girded rivers, and from Ta'alumah [(a window in heaven)] He brings forth light. [(In sum, all things have a source.)]


###### Job 28:12
[Job 28:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:12)

וְֽ֭הַחׇכְמָה מֵאַ֣יִן תִּמָּצֵ֑א וְאֵ֥י זֶ֝֗ה מְק֣וֹם בִּינָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But whence is wisdom [i.e., Torah] brought forth? And where is the place of understanding?


###### Job 28:13
[Job 28:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:13)

לֹא־יָדַ֣ע אֱנ֣וֹשׁ עֶרְכָּ֑הּ וְלֹ֥א תִ֝מָּצֵ֗א בְּאֶ֣רֶץ הַחַיִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Man cannot know its price; nor is it found in the land of the living.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Man does not know its worth, and it is not found in the land of the living [(but only among those who "mortify" themselves [by toil and hunger] for it)].


###### Job 28:14
[Job 28:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:14)

תְּה֣וֹם אָ֭מַר לֹ֣א בִי־הִ֑יא וְיָ֥ם אָ֝מַ֗ר אֵ֣ין עִמָּדִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The depth says, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The depths [i.e., those who plumb the depths for gems] say: "It is not within me," and the sea [-merchant] says: "It is not with me."


###### Job 28:15
[Job 28:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:15)

לֹא־יֻתַּ֣ן סְג֣וֹר תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָ וְלֹ֥א יִ֝שָּׁקֵ֗ל כֶּ֣סֶף מְחִירָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
It cannot be gotten for gold, nor shall silver be weighed for its price.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Pure gold cannot be given for it, and silver cannot be weighed in exchange for it.


###### Job 28:16
[Job 28:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:16)

לֹא־תְ֭סֻלֶּה בְּכֶ֣תֶם אוֹפִ֑יר בְּשֹׁ֖הַם יָקָ֣ר וְסַפִּֽיר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ofir, with the precious shoham stone, or the sapphire.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
It cannot be valued by the jewels of Ophir, or the precious onyx, or the sapphire.


###### Job 28:17
[Job 28:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:17)

לֹא־יַעַרְכֶ֣נָּה זָ֭הָב וּזְכוֹכִ֑ית וּתְמ֖וּרָתָ֣הּ כְּלִי־פָֽז׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Gold and glass cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for vessels of fine gold.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Gold and fine glass cannot be compared to it; [nor] can its exchange be made in vessels of gold.


###### Job 28:18
[Job 28:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:18)

רָאמ֣וֹת וְ֭גָבִישׁ לֹ֣א יִזָּכֵ֑ר וּמֶ֥שֶׁךְ חׇ֝כְמָ֗ה מִפְּנִינִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
No mention shall be made of coral, or of crystal: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Coral and crystal will not be mentioned [next to it], and the extraction of wisdom [is more precious] than pearls.


###### Job 28:19
[Job 28:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:19)

לֹֽא־יַ֭עַרְכֶנָּה פִּטְדַת־כּ֑וּשׁ בְּכֶ֥תֶם טָ֝ה֗וֹר לֹ֣א תְסֻלֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The chrysolite of Kush shall not equal it, nor shall it be valued with pure gold.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The crysolithe of Kush cannot be compared to it. It cannot be valued by pure jewels.


###### Job 28:20
[Job 28:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:20)

וְֽ֭הַחׇכְמָה מֵאַ֣יִן תָּב֑וֹא וְאֵ֥י זֶ֝֗ה מְק֣וֹם בִּינָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Whence then does wisdom come? and where is the place of understanding?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Now whence is wisdom [(Torah)] derived, and where is the place of understanding?


###### Job 28:21
[Job 28:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:21)

וְֽ֭נֶעֶלְמָה מֵעֵינֵ֣י כׇל־חָ֑י וּמֵע֖וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם נִסְתָּֽרָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
It is hidden from the eyes of all living things and concealed from the winged things [(the angels)] of heaven.


###### Job 28:22
[Job 28:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:22)

אֲבַדּ֣וֹן וָ֭מָוֶת אָ֣מְר֑וּ בְּ֝אׇזְנֵ֗ינוּ שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ שִׁמְעָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Avaddon and death say, We have heard a rumour of it with our ears.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Destruction and death [(i.e., those who mortify themselves over it (viz. 13)] have said: "With our ears we have heard its report [(i.e., that it remains only with those who toil over it)].


###### Job 28:23
[Job 28:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:23)

אֱ֭לֹהִים הֵבִ֣ין דַּרְכָּ֑הּ וְ֝ה֗וּא יָדַ֥ע אֶת־מְקוֹמָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
God understands its way, and he knows its place.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Only] G d understands its way; [only] He knows its place.


###### Job 28:24
[Job 28:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:24)

כִּי־ה֭וּא לִקְצוֹת־הָאָ֣רֶץ יַבִּ֑יט תַּ֖חַת כׇּל־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם יִרְאֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees everything under the whole heaven;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For He looks [in it (Torah)] to [establish] the ends of the earth, and He sees in it [(the needs of all the creations)] under all of the heavens [(Torah being the blueprint of the universe)].


###### Job 28:25
[Job 28:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:25)

לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָר֣וּחַ מִשְׁקָ֑ל וּ֝מַ֗יִם תִּכֵּ֥ן בְּמִדָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
when he makes a weight for the winds; and he weighs the waters by measure.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[He looks in it] to give the wind [its proper] weight [(relative to the land mass)] and [(likewise)] to prepare water by measure,


###### Job 28:26
[Job 28:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:26)

בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹ לַמָּטָ֣ר חֹ֑ק וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ לַחֲזִ֥יז קֹלֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
decreeing a statute for the rain [(relative to the land)] and [making] a path for cloud and thunder.


###### Job 28:27
[Job 28:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:27)

אָ֣ז רָ֭אָהּ וַֽיְסַפְּרָ֑הּ הֱ֝כִינָ֗הּ וְגַם־חֲקָרָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then he saw it, and declared it; he established it, yea, and searched it out.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He saw [it (and made everything by its counsel)] and He counted [(its letters and made everything through their combinations)]. He prepared it [(for the creation)] and He also searched it out.


###### Job 28:28
[Job 28:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/28:28)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר**׀** לָאָדָ֗ם הֵ֤ן יִרְאַ֣ת אֲ֭דֹנָי הִ֣יא חׇכְמָ֑ה וְס֖וּר מֵרָ֣ע בִּינָֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He said to man: "The fear of the L rd — that is wisdom, and the turning away from evil is understanding."