1 [Habet argentum venarum suarum principia, et auro locus est in quo conflatur. 2 Ferrum de terra tollitur, et lapis solutus calore in æs vertitur. 3 Tempus posuit tenebris, et universorum finem ipse considerat: lapidem quoque caliginis et umbram mortis. 4 Dividit torrens a populo peregrinante eos quos oblitus est pes egentis hominis, et invios. 5 Terra de qua oriebatur panis, in loco suo igni subversa est. 6 Locus sapphiri lapides ejus, et glebæ illius aurum. 7 Semitam ignoravit avis, nec intuitus est eam oculus vulturis. 8 Non calcaverunt eam filii institorum, nec pertransivit per eam leæna. 9 Ad silicem extendit manum suam: subvertit a radicibus montes. 10 In petris rivos excidit, et omne pretiosum vidit oculus ejus. 11 Profunda quoque fluviorum scrutatus est, et abscondita in lucem produxit. 12 Sapientia vero ubi invenitur? et quis est locus intelligentiæ? 13 Nescit homo pretium ejus, nec invenitur in terra suaviter viventium. 14 Abyssus dicit: Non est in me, et mare loquitur: Non est mecum. 15 Non dabitur aurum obrizum pro ea, nec appendetur argentum in commutatione ejus. 16 Non conferetur tinctis Indiæ coloribus, nec lapidi sardonycho pretiosissimo vel sapphiro. 17 Non adæquabitur ei aurum vel vitrum, nec commutabuntur pro ea vasa auri. 18 Excelsa et eminentia non memorabuntur comparatione ejus: trahitur autem sapientia de occultis. 19 Non adæquabitur ei topazius de Æthiopia, nec tincturæ mundissimæ componetur. 20 Unde ergo sapientia venit? et quis est locus intelligentiæ? 21 Abscondita est ab oculis omnium viventium: volucres quoque cæli latet. 22 Perditio et mors dixerunt: Auribus nostris audivimus famam ejus. 23 Deus intelligit viam ejus, et ipse novit locum illius. 24 Ipse enim fines mundi intuetur, et omnia quæ sub cælo sunt respicit. 25 Qui fecit ventis pondus, et aquas appendit in mensura. 26 Quando ponebat pluviis legem, et viam procellis sonantibus: 27 tunc vidit illam et enarravit, et præparavit, et investigavit. 28 Et dixit homini: Ecce timor Domini, ipsa est sapientia; et recedere a malo, intelligentia.]
Job 28 Clementine Vulgate
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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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