Job 28
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1“Surely 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 earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
2Ferrum de terra tollitur, et lapis solutus calore in æs vertitur.
3Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
3Tempus posuit tenebris, et universorum finem ipse considerat: lapidem quoque caliginis et umbram mortis.
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.
4Dividit torrens a populo peregrinante eos quos oblitus est pes egentis hominis, et invios.
5As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
5Terra de qua oriebatur panis, in loco suo igni subversa est.
6Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
6Locus sapphiri lapides ejus, et glebæ illius aurum.
7That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
7Semitam ignoravit avis, nec intuitus est eam oculus vulturis.
8The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
8Non calcaverunt eam filii institorum, nec pertransivit per eam leæna.
9He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
9Ad silicem extendit manum suam: subvertit a radicibus montes.
10He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
10In petris rivos excidit, et omne pretiosum vidit oculus ejus.
11He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
11Profunda quoque fluviorum scrutatus est, et abscondita in lucem produxit.
12“But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
12Sapientia vero ubi invenitur? et quis est locus intelligentiæ?
13Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
13Nescit homo pretium ejus, nec invenitur in terra suaviter viventium.
14The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
14Abyssus dicit: Non est in me, et mare loquitur: Non est mecum.
15It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
15Non dabitur aurum obrizum pro ea, nec appendetur argentum in commutatione ejus.
16It can’t 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 can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
17Non adæquabitur ei aurum vel vitrum, nec commutabuntur pro ea vasa auri.
18No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
18Excelsa et eminentia non memorabuntur comparatione ejus: trahitur autem sapientia de occultis.
19The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
19Non adæquabitur ei topazius de Æthiopia, nec tincturæ mundissimæ componetur.
20Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
20Unde ergo sapientia venit? et quis est locus intelligentiæ?
21Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
21Abscondita est ab oculis omnium viventium: volucres quoque cæli latet.
22Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
22Perditio et mors dixerunt: Auribus nostris audivimus famam ejus.
23“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 under the whole sky.
24Ipse enim fines mundi intuetur, et omnia quæ sub cælo sunt respicit.
25He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures 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 lightning of the thunder,
26Quando ponebat pluviis legem, et viam procellis sonantibus:
27then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
27tunc vidit illam et enarravit, et præparavit, et investigavit.
28To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”
28Et dixit homini: Ecce timor Domini, ipsa est sapientia; et recedere a malo, intelligentia.]
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