Job 28
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
1[Habet argentum venarum suarum principia, et auro locus est in quo conflatur.
2Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
2Ferrum de terra tollitur, et lapis solutus calore in æs vertitur.
3Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
3Tempus posuit tenebris, et universorum finem ipse considerat: lapidem quoque caliginis et umbram mortis.
4Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
4Dividit torrens a populo peregrinante eos quos oblitus est pes egentis hominis, et invios.
5Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
5Terra de qua oriebatur panis, in loco suo igni subversa est.
6Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
6Locus sapphiri lapides ejus, et glebæ illius aurum.
7No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
7Semitam ignoravit avis, nec intuitus est eam oculus vulturis.
8Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
8Non calcaverunt eam filii institorum, nec pertransivit per eam leæna.
9The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
9Ad silicem extendit manum suam: subvertit a radicibus montes.
10He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
10In petris rivos excidit, et omne pretiosum vidit oculus ejus.
11He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
11Profunda quoque fluviorum scrutatus est, et abscondita in lucem produxit.
12But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
12Sapientia vero ubi invenitur? et quis est locus intelligentiæ?
13No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
13Nescit homo pretium ejus, nec invenitur in terra suaviter viventium.
14The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
14Abyssus dicit: Non est in me, et mare loquitur: Non est mecum.
15It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
15Non dabitur aurum obrizum pro ea, nec appendetur argentum in commutatione ejus.
16It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
16Non conferetur tinctis Indiæ coloribus, nec lapidi sardonycho pretiosissimo vel sapphiro.
17Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
17Non adæquabitur ei aurum vel vitrum, nec commutabuntur pro ea vasa auri.
18Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
18Excelsa et eminentia non memorabuntur comparatione ejus: trahitur autem sapientia de occultis.
19Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
19Non adæquabitur ei topazius de Æthiopia, nec tincturæ mundissimæ componetur.
20From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
20Unde ergo sapientia venit? et quis est locus intelligentiæ?
21It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
21Abscondita est ab oculis omnium viventium: volucres quoque cæli latet.
22Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
22Perditio et mors dixerunt: Auribus nostris audivimus famam ejus.
23But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
23Deus intelligit viam ejus, et ipse novit locum illius.
24For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
24Ipse enim fines mundi intuetur, et omnia quæ sub cælo sunt respicit.
25When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
25Qui fecit ventis pondus, et aquas appendit in mensura.
26when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
26Quando ponebat pluviis legem, et viam procellis sonantibus:
27then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
27tunc vidit illam et enarravit, et præparavit, et investigavit.
28And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
28Et dixit homini: Ecce timor Domini, ipsa est sapientia; et recedere a malo, intelligentia.]
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