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The Bible: Old Testament Chapter 28
Chapter 531 of 1,075
Canonical reference Job 28
English
World English Bible editorial project · World English Bible, Catholic book order (2020)
1. “Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
2. Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
3. Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
4. He 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.
5. As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
6. Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
7. That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
8. The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
9. He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
10. He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
11. He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
12. “But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
13. Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
14. The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
15. It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
16. It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17. Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18. No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19. The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
20. Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
21. Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
22. Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
23. “God understands its way, and he knows its place.
24. For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
25. He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
26. When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
27. then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
28. To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”
French
Fraternite de Tiberiade · Sainte Bible neo-Crampon Libre (2022)
1. Il y a pour l’argent un lieu d’où on l’extrait, pour l’or un lieu où on l’épure.
2. Le fer se tire de la terre, et la pierre fondue donne le cuivre.
3. L’homme met fin aux ténèbres, il explore, jusqu’au fond des abîmes, la pierre cachée dans les ténèbres et l’ombre de la mort.
4. Il creuse, loin des lieux habités, des galeries, qu’ignore le pied des vivants ; suspendu, il vacille, loin des humains.
5. La terre, d’où sort le pain, est bouleversée dans ses entrailles comme par le feu.
6. Ses roches sont le lieu du saphir, et l’on y trouve de la poudre d’or.
7. L’oiseau de proie n’en connaît pas le sentier, l’œil du vautour ne l’a pas aperçu.
8. Les animaux sauvages ne l’ont pas foulé, le lion n’y a jamais passé.
9. L’homme porte sa main sur le granit, il ébranle les montagnes dans leurs racines.
10. Il perce des galeries dans les rochers ; rien de précieux n’échappe à son regard.
11. Il sait arrêter le suintement des eaux, il amène à la lumière tout ce qui était caché.
12. Mais la Sagesse, où la trouver ? Où est le lieu de l’Intelligence ?
13. L’homme n’en connaît pas le prix, on ne la rencontre pas sur la terre des vivants.
14. L’abîme dit : « Elle n’est pas dans mon sein ; » la mer dit : « Elle n’est pas avec moi. »
15. Elle ne se donne pas contre de l’or pur, elle ne s’achète pas au poids de l’argent.
16. On ne la met pas en balance avec de l’or d’Ophir, avec l’onyx précieux et avec le saphir.
17. L’or et le verre ne peuvent lui être comparés, on ne l’échange pas pour un vase d’or fin.
18. Qu’on ne fasse pas mention du corail et du cristal : la possession de la sagesse vaut mieux que les perles.
19. La topaze d’Ethiopie ne l’égale pas, et l’or pur n’atteint pas sa valeur.
20. D’où vient donc la sagesse ? Où est lieu de l’Intelligence ?
21. Elle est cachée aux yeux de tous les vivants, elle se dérobe aux oiseaux du ciel.
22. L’enfer et la mort disent : « Nous en avons entendu parler. »
23. C’est Dieu qui connaît son chemin, c’est lui qui sait où elle réside.
24. Car il voit jusqu’aux extrémités de la terre, il aperçoit tout ce qui est sous le ciel.
25. Quand il réglait le poids des vents, qu’il mettait les eaux dans la balance,
26. quand il donnait des lois à la pluie, qu’il traçait la route aux éclairs de la foudre,
27. alors il l’a vue et l’a décrite, il l’a établie et en a sondé les secrets.
28. Puis il a dit à l’homme : La crainte du Seigneur, voilà la sagesse ; fuir le mal, voilà l’intelligence.
Latin
Biblia Vulgata Clementina (1598), Migne witness (1880)
1. [Habet argentum venarum suarum principia, et auro locus est in quo conflatur.
2. Ferrum de terra tollitur, et lapis solutus calore in æs vertitur.
3. Tempus posuit tenebris, et universorum finem ipse considerat: lapidem quoque caliginis et umbram mortis.
4. Dividit torrens a populo peregrinante eos quos oblitus est pes egentis hominis, et invios.
5. Terra de qua oriebatur panis, in loco suo igni subversa est.
6. Locus sapphiri lapides ejus, et glebæ illius aurum.
7. Semitam ignoravit avis, nec intuitus est eam oculus vulturis.
8. Non calcaverunt eam filii institorum, nec pertransivit per eam leæna.
9. Ad silicem extendit manum suam: subvertit a radicibus montes.
10. In petris rivos excidit, et omne pretiosum vidit oculus ejus.
11. Profunda quoque fluviorum scrutatus est, et abscondita in lucem produxit.
12. Sapientia vero ubi invenitur? et quis est locus intelligentiæ?
13. Nescit homo pretium ejus, nec invenitur in terra suaviter viventium.
14. Abyssus dicit: Non est in me, et mare loquitur: Non est mecum.
15. Non dabitur aurum obrizum pro ea, nec appendetur argentum in commutatione ejus.
16. Non conferetur tinctis Indiæ coloribus, nec lapidi sardonycho pretiosissimo vel sapphiro.
17. Non adæquabitur ei aurum vel vitrum, nec commutabuntur pro ea vasa auri.
18. Excelsa et eminentia non memorabuntur comparatione ejus: trahitur autem sapientia de occultis.
19. Non adæquabitur ei topazius de Æthiopia, nec tincturæ mundissimæ componetur.
20. Unde ergo sapientia venit? et quis est locus intelligentiæ?
21. Abscondita est ab oculis omnium viventium: volucres quoque cæli latet.
22. Perditio et mors dixerunt: Auribus nostris audivimus famam ejus.
23. Deus intelligit viam ejus, et ipse novit locum illius.
24. Ipse enim fines mundi intuetur, et omnia quæ sub cælo sunt respicit.
25. Qui fecit ventis pondus, et aquas appendit in mensura.
26. Quando ponebat pluviis legem, et viam procellis sonantibus:
27. tunc vidit illam et enarravit, et præparavit, et investigavit.
28. Et dixit homini: Ecce timor Domini, ipsa est sapientia; et recedere a malo, intelligentia.]
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Verses in this chapter
- Verse 1“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
- Verse 2Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
- Verse 3Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
- Verse 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 f…
- Verse 5As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
- Verse 6Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
- Verse 7That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
- Verse 8The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
- Verse 9He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
- Verse 10He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
- Verse 11He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
- Verse 12“But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
- Verse 13Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
- Verse 14The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
- Verse 15It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
- Verse 16It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- Verse 17Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
- Verse 18No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
- Verse 19The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
- Verse 20Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
- Verse 21Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
- Verse 22Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
- Verse 23“God understands its way, and he knows its place.
- Verse 24For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
- Verse 25He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
- Verse 26When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
- Verse 27then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
- Verse 28To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”