DRC, VulgClementine, KJV - Job - 28

28:1  Silver hath beginnings of its veins, and gold hath a place wherein it is melted.

28:1  Habet argentum venarum suarum principia, et auro locus est in quo conflatur.

28:1  Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.

28:2  Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.

28:2  Ferrum de terra tollitur, et lapis solutus calore in æs vertitur.

28:2  Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.

28:3  He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death.

28:3  Tempus posuit tenebris, et universorum finem ipse considerat : lapidem quoque caliginis et umbram mortis.

28:3  He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

28:4  The flood divideth from the people that are on their journey, those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at.

28:4  Dividit torrens a populo peregrinante eos quos oblitus est pes egentis hominis, et invios.

28:4  The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

28:5  The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.

28:5  Terra de qua oriebatur panis, in loco suo igni subversa est.

28:5  As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

28:6  The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.

28:6  Locus sapphiri lapides ejus, et glebæ illius aurum.

28:6  The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.

28:7  The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it.

28:7  Semitam ignoravit avis, nec intuitus est eam oculus vulturis.

28:7  There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:

28:8  The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither hath the lioness passed by it.

28:8  Non calcaverunt eam filii institorum, nec pertransivit per eam leæna.

28:8  The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

28:9  He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots.

28:9  Ad silicem extendit manum suam : subvertit a radicibus montes.

28:9  He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

28:10  In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing.

28:10  In petris rivos excidit, et omne pretiosum vidit oculus ejus.

28:10  He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.

28:11  The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.

28:11  Profunda quoque fluviorum scrutatus est, et abscondita in lucem produxit.

28:11  He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

28:12  But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?

28:12  Sapientia vero ubi invenitur ? et quis est locus intelligentiæ ?

28:12  But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

28:13  Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.

28:13  Nescit homo pretium ejus, nec invenitur in terra suaviter viventium.

28:13  Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

28:14  The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me.

28:14  Abyssus dicit : Non est in me, et mare loquitur : Non est mecum.

28:14  The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

28:15  The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.

28:15  Non dabitur aurum obrizum pro ea, nec appendetur argentum in commutatione ejus.

28:15  It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

28:16  It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.

28:16  Non conferetur tinctis Indiæ coloribus, nec lapidi sardonycho pretiosissimo vel sapphiro.

28:16  It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

28:17  Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.

28:17  Non adæquabitur ei aurum vel vitrum, nec commutabuntur pro ea vasa auri.

28:17  The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

28:18  High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.

28:18  Excelsa et eminentia non memorabuntur comparatione ejus : trahitur autem sapientia de occultis.

28:18  No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

28:19  The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.

28:19  Non adæquabitur ei topazius de Æthiopia, nec tincturæ mundissimæ componetur.

28:19  The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

28:20  Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

28:20  Unde ergo sapientia venit ? et quis est locus intelligentiæ ?

28:20  Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

28:21  It is hid from the eyes of all living, and the fowls of the air know it not.

28:21  Abscondita est ab oculis omnium viventium : volucres quoque cæli latet.

28:21  Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

28:22  Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.

28:22  Perditio et mors dixerunt : Auribus nostris audivimus famam ejus.

28:22  Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

28:23  God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.

28:23  Deus intelligit viam ejus, et ipse novit locum illius.

28:23  God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

28:24  For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.

28:24  Ipse enim fines mundi intuetur, et omnia quæ sub cælo sunt respicit.

28:24  For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;

28:25  Who made a weight for the winds, and weighed the waters by measure.

28:25  Qui fecit ventis pondus, et aquas appendit in mensura.

28:25  To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

28:26  When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.

28:26  Quando ponebat pluviis legem, et viam procellis sonantibus :

28:26  When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

28:27  Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it.

28:27  tunc vidit illam et enarravit, et præparavit, et investigavit.

28:27  Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

28:28  And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.

28:28  Et dixit homini : Ecce timor Domini, ipsa est sapientia ; et recedere a malo, intelligentia.

28:28  And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.