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1 Hay minas donde se extrae la plata, y lugares especiales donde se refina el oro.
1 “Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
2 El hierro y el cobre se sacan de la tierra, y también tienen lugares donde se refinan.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
3 Ya no hay obstáculos para que los mineros entren en las minas. Con sus linternas vencen a la más oscura cueva. En ella investigan hasta los más recónditos secretos de la tierra, balanceándose y suspendidos en sogas.
3 Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
4 Not in this translation
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 Los hombres saben obtener alimento de la superficie terrestre, bajo la cual hay fuego.
5 As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
6 Saben descubrir zafiros y oro en polvo;
6 Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
7 tesoros que ningún ave de rapiña puede ver y ningún ojo de águila descubrir,
7 That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
8 porque se encuentran en lo profundo de las minas. Ningún animal salvaje ha pisado jamás estos tesoros; ningún león les ha puesto la zarpa encima.
8 The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
9 Los hombres saben partir rocas como el pedernal y trastrocar el pie de las montañas.
9 He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
10 Son capaces de abrir túneles en las rocas y de poner al desnudo piedras preciosas.
10 He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
11 Construyen presas para detener el agua y sacan el oro.
11 He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
12 Pero aunque los hombres pueden hacer todo esto, no saben dónde hallar la sabiduría y el entendimiento.
12 “But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
13 No sólo ignoran cómo obtenerla, sino que, en efecto, ella no puede hallarse entre los vivientes.
13 Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
14 «Aquí no está», dicen los océanos; y los mares responden: «Ni aquí tampoco».
14 The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
15 No puede comprarse con oro o plata,
15 It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
16 ni con todo el oro refinado o las piedras preciosas de ónix y 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 cristal pueden compararse con la sabiduría, ni se cambia por áureas joyas.
17 Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18 El coral negro y el cristal de roca no tienen valor para obtenerla; vale mucho más que los rubíes.
18 No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19 Los topacios de Cus no pueden comprarla, ni tampoco el oro más fino.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
20 ¿Dónde, entonces, obtenerla? ¿Dónde hallarla?
20 Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
21 Porque está oculta a los ojos de la humanidad; ni las aves de aguda mirada que vuelan en el cielo pueden descubrirla.
21 Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
22 ¡Pero la destrucción y la muerte dicen saber algo de ella!
22 Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
23 Y Dios ciertamente sabe dónde se halla, porque él traspasa con la mirada toda la tierra y penetra todos los cielos.
23 “God understands its way, and he knows its place.
24 Not in this translation
24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
25 El hace soplar los vientos y pone límite a los océanos.
25 He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
26 Él establece las leyes de la lluvia y el sendero del relámpago.
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
27 Él sabe dónde se encuentra la sabiduría y lo declara a cuantos quieran escuchar. Él la estableció y la examinó plenamente.
27 then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
28 Y esto dice él a todos los hombres: «Escuchen: temer al Señor es verdadera sabiduría; abandonar el mal es verdadero entendimiento».
28 To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”
Cross references (25)
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
- 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.
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