Job · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Job 28 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Βεβαίως είναι τόπος του αργυρίου όθεν εξάγεται, και τόπος του χρυσίου όπου καθαρίζεται·
1 “Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
2 ο σίδηρος λαμβάνεται εκ της γης και ο χαλκός χύνεται εκ της πέτρας.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
3 Βάλλει μεν ο άνθρωπος όρια εις το σκότος και ανιχνεύει τα πάντα μέχρι τελειότητος· τους λίθους του σκότους και της σκιάς του θανάτου.
3 Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
4 Χείμαρρος εξορμά εκ του τόπου όπου κατοικεί· ύδατα αδοκίμαστα υπό του ποδός· ταύτα ολιγοστεύουσι και αναχωρούσιν από των ανθρώπων.
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 Περί δε της γης, εξ αυτής εξέρχεται ο άρτος και υποκάτωθεν αυτής ανασκάπτεται ως υπό πυρός·
5 As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
6 οι λίθοι αυτής είναι τόπος σαπφείρων· και εν αυτή χώμα χρυσίου.
6 Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
7 Την οδόν εκείνην δεν γνωρίζει πτηνόν και οφθαλμός γυπός δεν είδεν αυτήν·
7 That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
8 τα θηρία δεν επάτησαν αυτήν, ο άγριος λέων δεν επέρασε δι' αυτής.
8 The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
9 Εκτείνει την χείρα αυτού επί τον σκληρόν βράχον· ανατρέπει τα όρη από της ρίζης.
9 He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
10 Εγκόπτει ποταμούς μεταξύ των βράχων· και ο οφθαλμός αυτού ανακαλύπτει παν πολύτιμον.
10 He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
11 Δεσμεύει των ποταμών την πλημμύραν· και το κεκρυμμένον εκφέρει εις φως.
11 He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
12 Αλλ' η σοφία πόθεν θέλει ευρεθή; και που είναι ο τόπος της συνέσεως;
12 “But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
13 Ο άνθρωπος δεν γνωρίζει την τιμήν αυτής· και δεν ευρίσκεται εν τη γη των ζώντων.
13 Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
14 Η άβυσσος λέγει, δεν είναι εν εμοί· και η θάλασσα λέγει, δεν είναι μετ' εμού.
14 The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
15 Δεν δύναται να δοθή χρυσίον αντ' αυτής· και αργύριον δεν δύναται να ζυγισθή εις αντάλλαγμα αυτής.
15 It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
16 Δεν δύναται να εκτιμηθή με το χρυσίον του Οφείρ, με τον πολύτιμον όνυχα και σάπφειρον.
16 It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17 Το χρυσίον και ο κρύσταλλος δεν δύναται να εξισωθώσι με αυτήν· και αντάλλαγμα αυτής να γείνη με σκεύη καθαρωτάτου χρυσίου.
17 Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18 Δεν θέλει μνημονευθή κοράλλιον, ή μαργαρίται· διότι η τιμή της σοφίας είναι υπερτέρα των πολυτίμων λίθων.
18 No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19 Το τοπάζιον της Αιθιοπίας δεν θέλει εξισωθή με αυτήν· δεν θέλει εκτιμηθή με καθαρόν χρυσίον.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
20 Πόθεν λοιπόν έρχεται η σοφία; και που είναι ο τόπος της συνέσεως;
20 Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
21 Είναι βεβαίως κεκρυμμένη από των οφθαλμών πάντων των ζώντων, και εσκεπασμένη από των πτηνών του ουρανού.
21 Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
22 Η απώλεια και ο θάνατος λέγουσι, Διά των ώτων ημών ηκούσαμεν την φήμην αυτής.
22 Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
23 Ο Θεός εννοεί την οδόν αυτής, και αυτός γνωρίζει τον τόπον αυτής.
23 “God understands its way, and he knows its place.
24 Επειδή αυτός θεωρεί έως των περάτων της γης, βλέπει υποκάτω παντός του ουρανού,
24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
25 διά να ζυγίζη το βάρος των ανέμων, και να σταθμίζη τα ύδατα με μέτρον.
25 He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
26 Ότε έκαμε νόμον διά την βροχήν και οδόν διά την αστραπήν της βροντής,
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
27 τότε είδε και εφανέρωσεν αυτήν· ητοίμασεν αυτήν και μάλιστα εξιχνίασεν αυτήν.
27 then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
28 Και είπε προς τον άνθρωπον, Ιδού, ο φόβος του Κυρίου, ούτος είναι η σοφία, και η αποχή από του κακού σύνεσις.
28 To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”
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.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)