Job · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Job 28 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Hay minas de plata y lugares donde se lava el oro.
1 “Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
2 De la tierra se extrae hierro y con el fuego se obtiene bronce de la piedra.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
3 El hombre pone fin a la oscuridad; explora hasta el último rincón las piedras de las profundidades oscuras.
3 Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
4 Abre minas profundas, lejos de los que viven a la luz del día. Los que caminan por la superficie no saben de los que están debajo, suspendidos lejos de los hombres, balanceándose en una cuerda.
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 De la tierra sale el pan, pero por debajo la remueven como con fuego.
5 As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
6 En sus piedras hay zafiros y en ella se encuentra polvo de oro.
6 Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
7 Ningún ave conoce ese camino; jamás lo ha visto el ojo del halcón.
7 That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
8 Las grandes bestias no lo han recorrido ni el león feroz ha pasado por él.
8 The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
9 El hombre ataca la roca dura y derriba las montañas desde sus raíces.
9 He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
10 Abre túneles en la roca y descubre todo lo que tiene valor.
10 He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
11 Detiene las corrientes de agua y saca a la luz lo que estaba escondido.
11 He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
12 Pero ¿dónde se encuentra la sabiduría? ¿Dónde habita el entendimiento?
12 “But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
13 El hombre no conoce el camino hacia ella y no se encuentra en la tierra de los vivos.
13 Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
14 Las aguas profundas dicen: «No está en mí». El mar dice: «No está conmigo».
14 The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
15 No se puede comprar con oro ni pagar con un peso de plata.
15 It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
16 No se puede medir su valor con oro de Ofir, con ónix precioso ni con zafiro.
16 It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17 Ni el oro ni el vidrio igualan su valor; no se puede cambiar por joyas de oro puro.
17 Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18 Ni vale la pena mencionar el coral o el cristal; la sabiduría vale más que las perlas.
18 No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19 El topacio de Etiopía no se le compara; ni el oro más puro puede pagarla.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
20 ¿De dónde viene, entonces, la sabiduría? ¿Dónde habita el entendimiento?
20 Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
21 Está oculta a los ojos de todos los seres vivos; ni las aves del cielo la ven.
21 Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
22 La destrucción y la muerte dicen: «Solo hemos oído hablar de ella».
22 Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
23 Dios conoce el camino hacia ella y sabe dónde habita.
23 “God understands its way, and he knows its place.
24 Él ve hasta los confines de la tierra y contempla todo lo que hay bajo el cielo.
24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
25 Cuando dio peso al viento y midió las aguas,
25 He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
26 cuando estableció una ley para la lluvia y un camino para los relámpagos,
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
27 entonces vio la sabiduría y la dio a conocer; la estableció y la examinó por completo.
27 then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
28 Y le dijo al hombre: «El temor del Señor es la sabiduría, y apartarse del mal es el camino al entendimiento».
28 To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Peter 1:7; Malachi 3:2–3; Proverbs 17:3; Isaiah 48:10; Proverbs 27:21
- 2 Deuteronomy 8:9; Genesis 4:22; Numbers 31:22; 1 Chronicles 22:14
- 3 Ecclesiastes 1:13; Job 38:16–17; Proverbs 2:4; Job 12:22; Matthew 6:33
- 5 Isaiah 28:25–29; Psalm 104:14–15; Genesis 1:11–12; Genesis 1:29; Ezekiel 28:13–14
- 6 Job 28:16; Exodus 24:10; Song of Songs 5:14; Revelation 21:19; Isaiah 54:11
- 7 Job 11:6; Job 28:21–23; Romans 11:33; Job 38:24; Job 38:19
- 9 Nahum 1:4–6
- 10 Proverbs 24:4; Proverbs 14:23; Habakkuk 3:9
- 11 1 Corinthians 4:5; Isaiah 45:2–3; Job 26:8; Isaiah 37:25; Isaiah 44:27
- 12 Proverbs 2:4–6; Job 28:20; James 1:5; Proverbs 3:19; Colossians 2:3
- 13 Proverbs 8:11; Proverbs 8:18–19; Proverbs 3:14–15; Proverbs 23:23; Matthew 13:44–46
- 14 Romans 11:33–34
- 15 Proverbs 16:16; Proverbs 8:19; Proverbs 3:13–15; Proverbs 8:10–11; Proverbs 8:17
- 16 Psalm 45:9; Isaiah 13:12; Ezekiel 28:13; Exodus 28:20; 1 Chronicles 29:4
- 17 Revelation 22:1; Proverbs 16:16; Revelation 4:6; Ezekiel 1:22; Revelation 21:11
- 18 Proverbs 3:15; Proverbs 31:10; Ezekiel 27:16; Lamentations 4:7; Matthew 7:6
- 19 Exodus 39:10; Proverbs 8:19; Exodus 28:17; Ezekiel 28:13; Revelation 21:20
- 20 James 1:5; Job 28:12; Job 28:28; James 1:17; Job 28:23
- 21 Psalm 49:3–4; Matthew 11:25; Colossians 2:3; 1 Corinthians 2:7–10; Matthew 13:35
- 22 Job 26:6; Psalm 83:10–12; Job 28:14
- 23 Proverbs 8:22–31; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Jude 25; Romans 11:33; Proverbs 2:6
- 24 Proverbs 15:3; Zechariah 4:10; Revelation 5:6; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Psalm 33:13–14
- 25 Psalm 135:7; Isaiah 40:12; Job 12:15
- 26 Job 38:25; Job 37:3; Zechariah 10:1; Jeremiah 14:22; Psalm 29:3–10
- 27 Psalm 19:1; Proverbs 8:22–29
- 28 Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 9:10; Proverbs 3:7; Ecclesiastes 12:13
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For Thou hast said unto man, "Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;" and desire not to seem wise, because, "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools." But I had now found the goodly pearl, which, selling all that I had, I ought to have bought; and I hesitated.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)