第28章
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* 第 28 章
* 歌颂智慧
* 伯28:1 银子有矿；炼金有方。
* 歌颂智慧
* 伯28:1 银子有矿；炼金有方。
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*Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
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* 伯28:2 铁从地里挖出；铜从石中熔化。
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*Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
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* 伯28:3 人为黑暗定界限，查究幽暗阴翳的石头，直到极处，
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*He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
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* 伯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。
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*The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
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* 伯28:5 至于地，能出粮食，地内好像被火翻起来。
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*As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
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* 伯28:6 地中的石头有蓝宝石，并有金沙。
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*The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
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* 伯28:7 矿中的路鸷鸟不得知道；鹰眼也未见过。
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*There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
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* 伯28:8 狂傲的野兽未曾行过；猛烈的狮子也未曾经过。
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*The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
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* 伯28:9 人伸手凿开坚石，倾倒山根，
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*He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
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* 伯28:10 在磐石中凿出水道，亲眼看见各样宝物。
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*He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
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* 伯28:11 他封闭水不得滴流，使隐藏的物显露出来。
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*He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
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* 伯28:12 然而，智慧有何处可寻？聪明之处在哪里呢？
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*But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
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* 伯28:13 智慧的价值无人能知，在活人之地也无处可寻。
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*Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
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* 伯28:14 深渊说：不在我内；沧海说：不在我中。
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*The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
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* 伯28:15 智慧非用黄金可得，也不能平白银为他的价值。
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*It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
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* 伯28:16 俄斐金和贵重的红玛瑙，并蓝宝石，不足与较量；
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*It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
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* 伯28:17 黄金和玻璃不足与比较；精金的器皿不足与兑换。
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*The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
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* 伯28:18 珊瑚、水晶都不足论；智慧的价值胜过珍珠（或作：红宝石）。
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*No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
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* 伯28:19 古实的红璧玺不足与比较；精金也不足与较量。
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*The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
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* 伯28:20 智慧从何处来呢？聪明之处在哪里呢？
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*Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
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* 伯28:21 是向一切有生命的眼目隐藏，向空中的飞鸟掩蔽。
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*Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
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* 伯28:22 灭没和死亡说：我们风闻其名。
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*Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
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* 伯28:23 上帝明白智慧的道路，晓得智慧的所在。
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*God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
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* 伯28:24 因他鉴察直到地极，遍观普天之下，
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*For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
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* 伯28:25 要为风定轻重，又度量诸水；
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*To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
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* 伯28:26 他为雨露定命令，为雷电定道路。
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*When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
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* 伯28:27 那时他看见智慧，而且述说；他坚定，并且查究。
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*Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
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* 伯28:28 他对人说：敬畏主就是智慧；远离恶便是聪明。
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*And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.