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.