Job 28 Free Bible Version
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1 “There are silver mines and places where gold is refined.
1 CIERTAMENTE la plata tiene sus veneros, y el oro lugar [donde] se forma.
1 “Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
2 Iron is extracted from the earth and copper is smelted from its ore.
2 El hierro se saca del polvo, y de la piedra es fundido el metal.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
3 Miners take lamps into the darkness underground and search for ore as far as they can go in the shadows and the gloom.
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.
3 Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
4 They dig a mineshaft far from where people live or anyone ever goes. They swing from ropes that hang in the pits.
4 Brota el torrente de junto al morador, [aguas] que el pie había olvidado: sécanse luego, vanse del hombre.
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 Bread comes from the earth, but underneath it looks as if it has been turned upside-down by fire.
5 De la tierra nace el pan, y debajo de ella estará como convertida en fuego.
5 As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
6 Here the rocks contain lapis lazuli and the dust contains gold.
6 Lugar hay cuyas piedras son zafiro, y sus polvos de oro.
6 Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
7 No birds of prey can see these paths, no falcon's eye can perceive.
7 Senda que nunca la conoció ave, ni ojo de buitre la vió:
7 That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
8 No wild beasts have passed that way; the lion has not walked there.
8 Nunca la pisaron animales fieros, ni león pasó por ella.
8 The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
9 Miners attack the hard rock; they overturn the roots of mountains.
9 En el pedernal puso su mano, y trastornó los montes de raíz.
9 He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
10 They tunnel through the rock, looking carefully for every precious stone.
10 De los peñascos cortó ríos, y sus ojos vieron todo lo preciado.
10 He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
11 They dam the sources of the rivers, and bring to light what is hidden.
11 Detuvo los ríos en su nacimiento, é hizo salir á luz lo escondido.
11 He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
12 But where can wisdom be found? Where is the place to gain understanding?
12 Empero ¿dónde se hallará la sabiduría? ¿y dónde está el lugar de la prudencia?
12 “But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
13 Human beings do not know the way to wisdom; it is not found among the living.
13 No conoce su valor el hombre, ni se halla en la tierra de los vivientes.
13 Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
14 The deep waters say, ‘It's not here,’ and the sea says, ‘It's not here either.’
14 El abismo dice: No está en mí: y la mar dijo: Ni conmigo.
14 The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
15 It cannot be bought with gold; nor can it be purchased with silver.
15 No se dará por oro, ni su precio será á peso de plata.
15 It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
16 Its value cannot be measured, even with the gold of Ophir; it is more precious than onyx or lapis lazuli.
16 No puede ser apreciada con oro de Ophir, ni con onique precioso, ni con zafiro.
16 It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17 Gold or fine glass cannot compare with wisdom; it cannot be exchanged for gold jewelry.
17 El oro no se le igualará, ni el diamante; ni se trocará por vaso de oro fino.
17 Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18 Coral and crystal are not worth mentioning; the price of wisdom is far above rubies.
18 De coral ni de perlas no se hará mención: la sabiduría es mejor que piedras preciosas.
18 No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19 Topaz from Ethiopia can't compare with it; it cannot be bought with the purest gold.
19 No se igualará con ella esmeralda de Ethiopía; no se podrá apreciar con oro fino.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
20 So where does wisdom come from? Where is the place to gain understanding?
20 ¿De dónde pues vendrá la sabiduría? ¿y dónde está el lugar de la inteligencia?
20 Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
21 Wisdom is hidden from the sight of all living things, even the birds of the air cannot see it.
21 Porque encubierta está á los ojos de todo viviente, y á toda ave del cielo es oculta.
21 Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
22 Abaddon and Death say, ‘We've only heard a rumor of it.’
22 El infierno y la muerte dijeron: Su fama hemos oído con nuestros oídos.
22 Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
23 Only God understands the path to wisdom; he knows where it is found.
23 Dios entiende el camino de ella, y él conoce su lugar.
23 “God understands its way, and he knows its place.
24 For he looks to the very end of the earth; he sees everything under heaven.
24 Porque él mira hasta los fines de la tierra, y ve debajo de todo el cielo.
24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
25 He decided how strong the wind should blow, and regulated the waters.
25 Al dar peso al viento, y poner las aguas por medida;
25 He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
26 He set a limit for the rain and made a path for the lightning.
26 Cuando él hizo ley á la lluvia, y camino al relámpago de los truenos;
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
27 Then he considered wisdom. He examined it, gave it his approval, and declared it good.
27 Entonces la veía él, y la manifestaba; preparóla y descubrióla también.
27 then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
28 He said to humankind, ‘To reverence the Lord 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.
28 To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”
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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“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.
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