Job · King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Job 28 King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold [where] they fine [it].
1 CIERTAMENTE la plata tiene sus veneros, y el oro lugar [donde] se forma.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass [is] molten [out of] the stone.
2 El hierro se saca del polvo, y de la piedra es fundido el metal.
3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the 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 flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; [even the waters] forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
4 Brota el torrente de junto al morador, [aguas] que el pie había olvidado: sécanse luego, vanse del hombre.
5 [As for] the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
5 De la tierra nace el pan, y debajo de ella estará como convertida en fuego.
6 The stones of it [are] the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
6 Lugar hay cuyas piedras son zafiro, y sus polvos de oro.
7 [There is] a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
7 Senda que nunca la conoció ave, ni ojo de buitre la vió:
8 The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
8 Nunca la pisaron animales fieros, ni león pasó por ella.
9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
9 En el pedernal puso su mano, y trastornó los montes de raíz.
10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
10 De los peñascos cortó ríos, y sus ojos vieron todo lo preciado.
11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and [the thing that is] hid bringeth he forth to light.
11 Detuvo los ríos en su nacimiento, é hizo salir á luz lo escondido.
12 But where shall wisdom 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 knoweth not the price thereof; neither 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 depth saith, It [is] not in me: and the sea saith, [It is] not with me.
14 El abismo dice: No está en mí: y la mar dijo: Ni conmigo.
15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed [for] the price thereof.
15 No se dará por oro, ni su precio será á peso de plata.
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
16 No puede ser apreciada con oro de Ophir, ni con onique precioso, ni con zafiro.
17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold.
17 El oro no se le igualará, ni el diamante; ni se trocará por vaso de oro fino.
18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.
18 De coral ni de perlas no se hará mención: la sabiduría es mejor que piedras preciosas.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
19 No se igualará con ella esmeralda de Ethiopía; no se podrá apreciar con oro fino.
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding?
20 ¿De dónde pues vendrá la sabiduría? ¿y dónde está el lugar de la inteligencia?
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
21 Porque encubierta está á los ojos de todo viviente, y á toda ave del cielo es oculta.
22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
22 El infierno y la muerte dijeron: Su fama hemos oído con nuestros oídos.
23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
23 Dios entiende el camino de ella, y él conoce su lugar.
24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, [and] seeth under the whole heaven;
24 Porque él mira hasta los fines de la tierra, y ve debajo de todo el cielo.
25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
25 Al dar peso al viento, y poner las aguas por medida;
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
26 Cuando él hizo ley á la lluvia, y camino al relámpago de los truenos;
27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
27 Entonces la veía él, y la manifestaba; preparóla y descubrióla también.
28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart 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)
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
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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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