Job 28 Berean Standard Bible
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1 “Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
1 CIERTAMENTE la plata tiene sus veneros, y el oro lugar [donde] se forma.
2 Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
2 El hierro se saca del polvo, y de la piedra es fundido el metal.
3 Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
3 A las tinieblas puso término, y examina todo á la perfección, las piedras [que hay] en la oscuridad y en la sombra de muerte.
4 Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
4 Brota el torrente de junto al morador, [aguas] que el pie había olvidado: sécanse luego, vanse del hombre.
5 Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
5 De la tierra nace el pan, y debajo de ella estará como convertida en fuego.
6 Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
6 Lugar hay cuyas piedras son zafiro, y sus polvos de oro.
7 No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
7 Senda que nunca la conoció ave, ni ojo de buitre la vió:
8 Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
8 Nunca la pisaron animales fieros, ni león pasó por ella.
9 The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
9 En el pedernal puso su mano, y trastornó los montes de raíz.
10 He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
10 De los peñascos cortó ríos, y sus ojos vieron todo lo preciado.
11 He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
11 Detuvo los ríos en su nacimiento, é hizo salir á luz lo escondido.
12 But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
12 Empero ¿dónde se hallará la sabiduría? ¿y dónde está el lugar de la prudencia?
13 No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
13 No conoce su valor el hombre, ni se halla en la tierra de los vivientes.
14 The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
14 El abismo dice: No está en mí: y la mar dijo: Ni conmigo.
15 It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
15 No se dará por oro, ni su precio será á peso de plata.
16 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
16 No puede ser apreciada con oro de Ophir, ni con onique precioso, ni con zafiro.
17 Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
17 El oro no se le igualará, ni el diamante; ni se trocará por vaso de oro fino.
18 Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
18 De coral ni de perlas no se hará mención: la sabiduría es mejor que piedras preciosas.
19 Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
19 No se igualará con ella esmeralda de Ethiopía; no se podrá apreciar con oro fino.
20 From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
20 ¿De dónde pues vendrá la sabiduría? ¿y dónde está el lugar de la inteligencia?
21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
21 Porque encubierta está á los ojos de todo viviente, y á toda ave del cielo es oculta.
22 Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
22 El infierno y la muerte dijeron: Su fama hemos oído con nuestros oídos.
23 But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
23 Dios entiende el camino de ella, y él conoce su lugar.
24 For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
24 Porque él mira hasta los fines de la tierra, y ve debajo de todo el cielo.
25 When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
25 Al dar peso al viento, y poner las aguas por medida;
26 when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
26 Cuando él hizo ley á la lluvia, y camino al relámpago de los truenos;
27 then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
27 Entonces la veía él, y la manifestaba; preparóla y descubrióla también.
28 And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
28 Y dijo al hombre: He aquí que el temor del Señor es la sabiduría, y el apartarse del mal la inteligencia.
Cross references (26)
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- 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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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.
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