Job 28
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1For there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
1[Habet argentum venarum suarum principia, et auro locus est in quo conflatur.
2Iron is taken out of the dust, and brass is molten out of the stone.
2Ferrum de terra tollitur, et lapis solutus calore in æs vertitur.
3Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death.
3Tempus posuit tenebris, et universorum finem ipse considerat: lapidem quoque caliginis et umbram mortis.
4He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; they are forgotten of the foot that passeth by; they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
4Dividit torrens a populo peregrinante eos quos oblitus est pes egentis hominis, et invios.
5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
5Terra de qua oriebatur panis, in loco suo igni subversa est.
6The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
6Locus sapphiri lapides ejus, et glebæ illius aurum.
7That path no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath the falcon's eye seen it;
7Semitam ignoravit avis, nec intuitus est eam oculus vulturis.
8The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the lion passed thereby.
8Non calcaverunt eam filii institorum, nec pertransivit per eam leæna.
9He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
9Ad silicem extendit manum suam: subvertit a radicibus montes.
10He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
10In petris rivos excidit, et omne pretiosum vidit oculus ejus.
11He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
11Profunda quoque fluviorum scrutatus est, et abscondita in lucem produxit.
12But wisdom, where shall it be found? And where is the place of understanding?
12Sapientia vero ubi invenitur? et quis est locus intelligentiæ?
13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
13Nescit homo pretium ejus, nec invenitur in terra suaviter viventium.
14The deep saith: 'It is not in me'; and the sea saith: 'It is not with me.'
14Abyssus dicit: Non est in me, et mare loquitur: Non est mecum.
15It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
15Non dabitur aurum obrizum pro ea, nec appendetur argentum in commutatione ejus.
16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
16Non conferetur tinctis Indiæ coloribus, nec lapidi sardonycho pretiosissimo vel sapphiro.
17Gold and glass cannot equal it; neither shall the exchange thereof be vessels of fine gold.
17Non adæquabitur ei aurum vel vitrum, nec commutabuntur pro ea vasa auri.
18No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
18Excelsa et eminentia non memorabuntur comparatione ejus: trahitur autem sapientia de occultis.
19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
19Non adæquabitur ei topazius de Æthiopia, nec tincturæ mundissimæ componetur.
20Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
20Unde ergo sapientia venit? et quis est locus intelligentiæ?
21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
21Abscondita est ab oculis omnium viventium: volucres quoque cæli latet.
22Destruction and Death say: 'We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.'
22Perditio et mors dixerunt: Auribus nostris audivimus famam ejus.
23God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof.
23Deus intelligit viam ejus, et ipse novit locum illius.
24For He looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
24Ipse enim fines mundi intuetur, et omnia quæ sub cælo sunt respicit.
25When He maketh a weight for the wind, and meteth out the waters by measure.
25Qui fecit ventis pondus, et aquas appendit in mensura.
26When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the storm of thunders;
26Quando ponebat pluviis legem, et viam procellis sonantibus:
27Then did He see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.
27tunc vidit illam et enarravit, et præparavit, et investigavit.
28And unto man He said: 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'
28Et dixit homini: Ecce timor Domini, ipsa est sapientia; et recedere a malo, intelligentia.]
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