1 Da, srebro ima žice, i zlato ima mesto gde se topi. 2 Gvožđe se vadi iz praha, i iz kamena se topi bronza. 3 Mraku postavlja među, i sve istražuje čovek do kraja, i kamenje u tami i u senu smrtnom. 4 Reka navre s mesta svog da joj niko ne može pristupiti; ali se odbije i odlazi trudom čovečjim. 5 Iz zemlje izlazi hleb, i pod njom je drugo, kao oganj. 6 U kamenu je njenom mesto safiru, a onde je prah zlatni. 7 Te staze ne zna ptica, niti je vide oko kragujevo; 8 Ne ugazi je mlado zverje, niti njom prođe lav. 9 Na kremen diže ruku svoju; prevraća gore iz dna. 10 Iz stene izvodi potoke, i svašta dragoceno vidi Mu oko. 11 Ustavlja reke da ne teku, i šta je sakriveno iznosi na videlo. 12 Ali mudrost gde se nalazi? I gde je mesto razumu? 13 Ne zna joj čovek cene, niti se nahodi u zemlji živih. 14 Bezdana veli: Nije u meni; i more veli: Nije kod mene. 15 Ne može se dati čisto zlato za nju, niti se srebro izmeriti u promenu za nju. 16 Ne može se ceniti zlatom ofirskim, ni dragim onihom ni safirom. 17 Ne može se najednačiti s njom ni zlato ni kristal, niti se može promeniti za zaklade zlatne. 18 Od korala i bisera nema spomena, jer je vrednost mudrosti veća nego dragom kamenju. 19 Ne može se s njom izjednačiti topaz etiopski, niti se može ceniti čistim zlatom. 20 Otkuda, dakle, dolazi mudrost? I gde je mesto razumu? 21 Sakrivena je od očiju svakog živog, i od ptica nebeskih zaklonjena. 22 Pogibao i smrt govore: Ušima svojim čusmo slavu njenu. 23 Bog zna put njen, i poznaje mesto njeno. 24 Jer gleda do krajeva zemaljskih i vidi sve što je pod svim nebom. 25 Kad davaše vetru težinu, i meraše vodu merom, 26 Kad postavljaše zakon daždu i put munji gromovnoj. 27 Još je onda vide i oglasi je, uredi je i pretraži je. 28 A čoveku reče: Gle, strah je Božji mudrost, i uklanjati se oda zla jeste razum.
Job · Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
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
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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