Job · Catholic Public Domain Version
Job 28 Catholic Public Domain Version
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1 Silver has its fissures where it is first found, and gold has a place where it is melted.
1 CIERTAMENTE la plata tiene sus veneros, y el oro lugar [donde] se forma.
2 Iron is taken from the earth, and ore, unbound by heat, is turned into brass.
2 El hierro se saca del polvo, y de la piedra es fundido el metal.
3 He has established a time for darkness, and he has settled on an end for all things, as well as for the stone that is in the gloom and shadow of death.
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 The burning separates a pilgrim people from those who have been forgotten by the feet of the destitute man and from the unapproachable.
4 Brota el torrente de junto al morador, [aguas] que el pie había olvidado: sécanse luego, vanse del hombre.
5 The land, where bread appeared in its place, has been destroyed by fire.
5 De la tierra nace el pan, y debajo de ella estará como convertida en fuego.
6 Its stones are embedded with sapphires, and its soil, with gold.
6 Lugar hay cuyas piedras son zafiro, y sus polvos de oro.
7 The bird does not know its path, nor has the eye of the vulture beheld it.
7 Senda que nunca la conoció ave, ni ojo de buitre la vió:
8 The sons of merchants have not walked there, nor has the lioness traveled through it.
8 Nunca la pisaron animales fieros, ni león pasó por ella.
9 He has stretched out his hand to the rocks; he has overturned the foundations of the mountains.
9 En el pedernal puso su mano, y trastornó los montes de raíz.
10 He has cut rivers through the rocks, and his eye has seen all precious things.
10 De los peñascos cortó ríos, y sus ojos vieron todo lo preciado.
11 The depths of rivers he has also examined, and he has brought hidden things into the light.
11 Detuvo los ríos en su nacimiento, é hizo salir á luz lo escondido.
12 But, in truth, where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?
12 Empero ¿dónde se hallará la sabiduría? ¿y dónde está el lugar de la prudencia?
13 Man does not know its price, nor is it found in the land of those who live in sweetness.
13 No conoce su valor el hombre, ni se halla en la tierra de los vivientes.
14 The abyss declares, “It is not in me.” And the sea says, “It is not with me.”
14 El abismo dice: No está en mí: y la mar dijo: Ni conmigo.
15 The finest gold will not be paid for it, nor will silver be weighed in exchange for it.
15 No se dará por oro, ni su precio será á peso de plata.
16 It will not be compared with the dyed colors of India, nor with the very costly stone sardonyx, nor with the sapphire.
16 No puede ser apreciada con oro de Ophir, ni con onique precioso, ni con zafiro.
17 Neither gold nor crystal will be its equal; neither will vessels of gold be fitted for it.
17 El oro no se le igualará, ni el diamante; ni se trocará por vaso de oro fino.
18 The exalted and the eminent will not be remembered in comparison with it. Yet wisdom is drawn out of concealment.
18 De coral ni de perlas no se hará mención: la sabiduría es mejor que piedras preciosas.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia will not be equal to it, nor will it be compared to the purest dyes.
19 No se igualará con ella esmeralda de Ethiopía; no se podrá apreciar con oro fino.
20 So then, where does wisdom begin, and where is the place of understanding?
20 ¿De dónde pues vendrá la sabiduría? ¿y dónde está el lugar de la inteligencia?
21 It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, just as the birds of the heavens escape notice.
21 Porque encubierta está á los ojos de todo viviente, y á toda ave del cielo es oculta.
22 Perdition and death have said, “With our ears, we have heard its fame.”
22 El infierno y la muerte dijeron: Su fama hemos oído con nuestros oídos.
23 God understands its way, and he knows its location.
23 Dios entiende el camino de ella, y él conoce su lugar.
24 For he beholds the limits of the world, and he looks upon all things that are under heaven.
24 Porque él mira hasta los fines de la tierra, y ve debajo de todo el cielo.
25 He created a counterweight for the winds, and he suspended the waters to measure them.
25 Al dar peso al viento, y poner las aguas por medida;
26 At that time, he gave a law to the rain and a path to the resounding storms.
26 Cuando él hizo ley á la lluvia, y camino al relámpago de los truenos;
27 Then he saw and explained it, and he made ready and examined it.
27 Entonces la veía él, y la manifestaba; preparóla y descubrióla también.
28 And he said to man, “Behold the fear of the Lord. Such is wisdom. And to withdraw from evil, this 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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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).
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“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)