Job 28
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1Silver hath beginnings of its veins, and gold hath a place wherein it is melted.
1ΕΣΤΙ γὰρ ἀργυρίῳ τόπος, ὅθεν γίνεται, τόπος δὲ χρυσίου, ὅθεν διηθεῖται.
2Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.
2σίδηρος μὲν γὰρ ἐκ γῆς γίνεται, χαλκὸς δὲ ἴσα λίθῳ λατομεῖται.
3He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death.
3τάξιν ἔθετο σκότει, καὶ πᾶν πέρας αὐτὸς ἐξακριβάζεται, λίθος σκοτία καὶ σκιὰ θανάτου.
4The flood divideth from the people that are on their journey, those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at.
4διακοπὴ χειμάρρου ἀπὸ κονίας, οἱ δὲ ἐπιλανθανόμενοι ὁδὸν δικαίαν ἠσθένησαν, ἐκ βροτῶν ἐσαλεύθησαν.
5The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.
5γῆ, ἐξ αὐτῆς ἐξελεύσεται ἄρτος, ὑποκάτω αὐτῆς ἐστράφη ὡσεὶ πῦρ.
6The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.
6τόπος σαπφείρου οἱ λίθοι αὐτῆς, καὶ χῶμα χρυσίον αὐτῷ.
7The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it.
7τρίβος, οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτὴν πετεινόν, καὶ οὐ παρέβλεψεν αὐτὴν ὀφθαλμὸς γυπός·
8The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither hath the lioness passed by it.
8καὶ οὐκ ἐπάτησαν αὐτὸν υἱοὶ ἀλαζόνων, οὐ παρῆλθεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς λέων.
9He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots.
9ἐν ἀκροτόμῳ ἐξέτεινε χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, κατέστρεψε δὲ ἐκ ριζῶν ὄρη·
10In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing.
10δίνας δὲ ποταμῶν διέρρηξε, πᾶν δὲ ἔντιμον εἶδέ μου ὁ ὀφθαλμός.
11The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.
11βάθη δὲ ποταμῶν ἀνεκάλυψεν, ἔδειξε δὲ αὐτοῦ δύναμιν εἰς φῶς.
12But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?
12ἡ δὲ σοφία πόθεν εὑρέθη; ποῖος δὲ τόπος ἐστὶ τῆς ἐπιστήμης;
13Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.
13οὐκ οἶδε βροτὸς ὁδὸν αὐτῆς, οὐδὲ μὴ εὑρεθῇ ἐν ἀνθρώποις.
14The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me.
14ἄβυσσος εἶπεν· οὐκ ἔνεστιν ἐν ἐμοί· καὶ ἡ θάλασσα εἶπεν· οὐκ ἔστι μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ.
15The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.
15οὐ δώσει συγκλεισμὸν ἀντ᾿ αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐ σταθήσεται ἀργύριον ἀντάλλαγμα αὐτῆς·
16It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.
16καὶ οὐ συμβασταχθήσεται χρυσίῳ Ὠφίρ, ἐν ὄνυχι τιμίῳ καὶ σαπφείρῳ·
17Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.
17οὐκ ἰσωθήσεται αὐτῇ χρυσίον καὶ ὕαλος καὶ τὸ ἄλλαγμα αὐτῆς σκεύη χρυσᾶ·
18High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.
18μετέωρα καὶ γαβὶς οὐ μνησθήσεται, καὶ ἕλκυσον σοφίαν ὑπὲρ τὰ ἐσώτατα·
19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.
19οὐκ ἰσωθήσεται αὐτῇ τοπάζιον Αἰθιοπίας, χρυσίῳ καθαρῷ οὐ συμβασταχθήσεται.
20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
20ἡ δὲ σοφία πόθεν εὑρέθη; ποῖος δὲ τόπος ἐστὶ τῆς συνέσεως;
21It is hid from the eyes of all living. and the fowls of the air know it not.
21λέληθε πάντα ἄνθρωπον καὶ ἀπὸ πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐκρύβη·
22Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.
22ἡ ἀπώλεια καὶ ὁ θάνατος εἶπαν· ἀκηκόαμεν δὲ αὐτῆς τὸ κλέος.
23God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.
23ὁ Θεὸς εὖ συνέστησεν αὐτῆς τὴν ὁδόν, αὐτὸς δὲ οἶδε τὸν τόπον αὐτῆς·
24For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.
24αὐτὸς γὰρ τὴν ὑπ᾿ οὐρανὸν πᾶσαν ἐφορᾷ εἰδὼς τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ πάντα, ἃ ἐποίησεν,
25Who made a weight for the winds and weighed the waters by measure.
25ἀνέμων σταθμὸν ὕδατος μέτρα·
26When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.
26ὅτι ἐποίησεν οὕτως, ἰδὼν ἠρίθμησε καὶ ὁδὸν ἐν τινάγματι φωνάς·
27Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it.
27τότε εἶδεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐξηγήσατο αὐτήν, ἑτοιμάσας ἐξιχνίασεν.
28And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.
28εἶπε δὲ ἀνθρώπῳ· ἰδοὺ ἡ θεοσέβειά ἐστι σοφία, τὸ δὲ ἀπέχεσθαι ἀπὸ κακῶν ἐστιν ἐπιστήμη.
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