Job 28

habet argentum venarum suarum principia et auro locus est in quo conflatur

Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.

ferrum de terra tollitur et lapis solutus calore in aes vertitur

Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.

tempus posuit tenebris et universorum finem ipse considerat lapidem quoque caliginis et umbram mortis

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

dividit torrens a populo peregrinante eos quos oblitus est pes egentis hominum et invios

The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

terra de qua oriebatur panis in loco suo igne subversa est

As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

locus sapphyri lapides eius et glebae illius aurum

The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.

semitam ignoravit avis nec intuitus est oculus vulturis

There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

non calcaverunt eam filii institorum nec pertransivit per eam leaena

The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

ad silicem extendit manum suam subvertit a radicibus montes

He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

in petris rivos excidit et omne pretiosum vidit oculus eius

He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.

profunda quoque fluviorum scrutatus est et abscondita produxit in lucem

He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

sapientia vero ubi invenitur et quis est locus intellegentiae

But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

nescit homo pretium eius nec invenitur in terra suaviter viventium

Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

abyssus dicit non est in me et mare loquitur non est mecum

The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

non dabitur aurum obrizum pro ea nec adpendetur argentum in commutatione eius

It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

non conferetur tinctis Indiae coloribus nec lapidi sardonico pretiosissimo vel sapphyro

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

non adaequabitur ei aurum vel vitrum nec commutabuntur pro ea vasa auri

The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

excelsa et eminentia non memorabuntur conparatione eius trahitur autem sapientia de occultis

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

non adaequabitur ei topazium de Aethiopia nec tincturae mundissimae conponetur

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

unde ergo sapientia veniet et quis est locus intellegentiae

Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

abscondita est ab oculis omnium viventium volucres quoque caeli latet

Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

perditio et mors dixerunt auribus nostris audivimus famam eius

Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

Deus intellegit viam eius et ipse novit locum illius

God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

ipse enim fines mundi intuetur et omnia quae sub caelo sunt respicit

For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;

qui fecit ventis pondus et aquas adpendit mensura

To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

quando ponebat pluviis legem et viam procellis sonantibus

When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

tunc vidit illam et enarravit et praeparavit et investigavit

Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

et dixit homini ecce timor Domini ipsa est sapientia et recedere a malo intellegentia

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.