Job 28
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
1ΕΣΤΙ γὰρ ἀργυρίῳ τόπος, ὅθεν γίνεται, τόπος δὲ χρυσίου, ὅθεν διηθεῖται.
2Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
2σίδηρος μὲν γὰρ ἐκ γῆς γίνεται, χαλκὸς δὲ ἴσα λίθῳ λατομεῖται.
3Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
3τάξιν ἔθετο σκότει, καὶ πᾶν πέρας αὐτὸς ἐξακριβάζεται, λίθος σκοτία καὶ σκιὰ θανάτου.
4He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
4διακοπὴ χειμάρρου ἀπὸ κονίας, οἱ δὲ ἐπιλανθανόμενοι ὁδὸν δικαίαν ἠσθένησαν, ἐκ βροτῶν ἐσαλεύθησαν.
5As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
5γῆ, ἐξ αὐτῆς ἐξελεύσεται ἄρτος, ὑποκάτω αὐτῆς ἐστράφη ὡσεὶ πῦρ.
6Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
6τόπος σαπφείρου οἱ λίθοι αὐτῆς, καὶ χῶμα χρυσίον αὐτῷ.
7That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
7τρίβος, οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτὴν πετεινόν, καὶ οὐ παρέβλεψεν αὐτὴν ὀφθαλμὸς γυπός·
8The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
8καὶ οὐκ ἐπάτησαν αὐτὸν υἱοὶ ἀλαζόνων, οὐ παρῆλθεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς λέων.
9He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
9ἐν ἀκροτόμῳ ἐξέτεινε χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, κατέστρεψε δὲ ἐκ ριζῶν ὄρη·
10He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
10δίνας δὲ ποταμῶν διέρρηξε, πᾶν δὲ ἔντιμον εἶδέ μου ὁ ὀφθαλμός.
11He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
11βάθη δὲ ποταμῶν ἀνεκάλυψεν, ἔδειξε δὲ αὐτοῦ δύναμιν εἰς φῶς.
12“But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
12ἡ δὲ σοφία πόθεν εὑρέθη; ποῖος δὲ τόπος ἐστὶ τῆς ἐπιστήμης;
13Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
13οὐκ οἶδε βροτὸς ὁδὸν αὐτῆς, οὐδὲ μὴ εὑρεθῇ ἐν ἀνθρώποις.
14The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
14ἄβυσσος εἶπεν· οὐκ ἔνεστιν ἐν ἐμοί· καὶ ἡ θάλασσα εἶπεν· οὐκ ἔστι μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ.
15It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
15οὐ δώσει συγκλεισμὸν ἀντ᾿ αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐ σταθήσεται ἀργύριον ἀντάλλαγμα αὐτῆς·
16It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
16καὶ οὐ συμβασταχθήσεται χρυσίῳ Ὠφίρ, ἐν ὄνυχι τιμίῳ καὶ σαπφείρῳ·
17Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
17οὐκ ἰσωθήσεται αὐτῇ χρυσίον καὶ ὕαλος καὶ τὸ ἄλλαγμα αὐτῆς σκεύη χρυσᾶ·
18No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
18μετέωρα καὶ γαβὶς οὐ μνησθήσεται, καὶ ἕλκυσον σοφίαν ὑπὲρ τὰ ἐσώτατα·
19The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
19οὐκ ἰσωθήσεται αὐτῇ τοπάζιον Αἰθιοπίας, χρυσίῳ καθαρῷ οὐ συμβασταχθήσεται.
20Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
20ἡ δὲ σοφία πόθεν εὑρέθη; ποῖος δὲ τόπος ἐστὶ τῆς συνέσεως;
21Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
21λέληθε πάντα ἄνθρωπον καὶ ἀπὸ πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐκρύβη·
22Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
22ἡ ἀπώλεια καὶ ὁ θάνατος εἶπαν· ἀκηκόαμεν δὲ αὐτῆς τὸ κλέος.
23“God understands its way, and he knows its place.
23ὁ Θεὸς εὖ συνέστησεν αὐτῆς τὴν ὁδόν, αὐτὸς δὲ οἶδε τὸν τόπον αὐτῆς·
24For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
24αὐτὸς γὰρ τὴν ὑπ᾿ οὐρανὸν πᾶσαν ἐφορᾷ εἰδὼς τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ πάντα, ἃ ἐποίησεν,
25He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
25ἀνέμων σταθμὸν ὕδατος μέτρα·
26When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
26ὅτι ἐποίησεν οὕτως, ἰδὼν ἠρίθμησε καὶ ὁδὸν ἐν τινάγματι φωνάς·
27then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
27τότε εἶδεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐξηγήσατο αὐτήν, ἑτοιμάσας ἐξιχνίασεν.
28To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. 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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