Job 28

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

Job 28

1For there is a place for the silver, whence it comes, and a place for the gold, whence it is refined.Ἐστι γὰρ ἀργυρίῳ τόπος ὅθεν γίνεται, τόπος δὲ χρυσίου ὅθεν διηθεῖται.

2For iron comes out of the earth, and brass is hewn out like stone.Σίδηρος μὲν γὰρ ἐκ γῆς γίνεται, χαλκὸς δὲ ἶσα λίθῳ λατομεῖται.

3He has set a bound to darkness, and he searches out every limit: a stone is darkness, and the shadow of death.Τάξιν ἔθετο σκότει, καὶ πᾶν πέρας αὐτὸς ἐξακριβάζεται, λίθος σκοτία, καὶ σκιὰ θανάτου.

4There is a cutting off the torrent by reason of dust: so they that forget the right way are weakened; they are removed from among men.Διακοπὴ χειμάῤῥου ἀπὸ κονίας, οἱ δὲ ἐπιλανθανόμενοι ὁδὸν δικαίαν ἠσθένησαν, ἐκ βροτῶν ἐσαλεύθησαν.

5As for the earth, out of it shall come bread: under it has been turned up as it were fire.Γῆ, ἐξ αὐτῆς ἐξελεύσεται ἄρτος, ὑποκάτω αὐτῆς ἐστράφη ὡσεὶ πῦρ.

6Her stones are the place of the sapphire: and her dust supplies man with gold.Τόπος σαπφείρου οἱ λίθοι αὐτῆς, καὶ χῶμα χρυσίον αὐτῷ.

7There is a path, the fowl has not known it, neither has the eye of the vulture seen it:Τρίβος, οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτὴν πετεινὸν, καὶ οὐ παρέβλεψεν αὐτὴν ὀφθαλμὸς γυπός·

8neither have the sons of the proud trodden it, a lion has not passed upon it.Καὶ οὐκ ἐπάτησαν αὐτὸν υἱοὶ ἀλαζόνων, οὐ παρῆλθεν ἐπʼ αὐτῆς λέων.

9He has stretched forth his hand on the sharp rock, and turned up mountains by the roots:Ἐν ἀκροτόμῳ ἐξέτεινε χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, κατέστρεψε δὲ ἐκ ῥιζῶν ὄρη.

10and he has interrupted the whirlpools of rivers, and my eye has seen every precious thing.Δίνας δὲ ποταμῶν διέῤῥηξε, πᾶν δὲ ἔντιμον εἴδέ μου ὁ ὀφθαλμός.

11And he has laid bare the depths of rivers, and has brought his power to light.Βάθη δὲ ποταμῶν ἀνεκάλυψεν, ἔδειξε δὲ αὐτοῦ δύναμιν εἰς φῶς.

12But whence has wisdom been discovered? and what is the place of knowledge?Ἡ δὲ σοφία πόθεν εὑρέθη; ποῖος δὲ τόπος ἐστὶ τῆς ἐπιστήμης;

13A mortal has not known its way, neither indeed has it been revealed among men.Οὐκ οἶδε βροτὸς ὁδὸν αὐτῆς, οὐδὲ μὴν εὑρέθη ἐν ἀνθρώποις.

14The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not with me.Ἄβυσσος εἶπεν, οὐκ ἔνεστιν ἐν ἐμοί· καὶ ἡ θάλασσα εἶπεν, οὐκ ἔνεστι μετʼ ἐμοῦ.

15One shall not give fine gold instead of it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.Οὐ δώσει συνκλεισμὸν ἀντʼ αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐ σταθήσεται ἀργύριον ἀντάλλαγμα αὐτῆς.

16Neither shall it be compared with gold of Sophir, with the precious onyx and sapphire.Καὶ οὐ συνβασταχθήσεται χρυσίῳ Σωφεὶρ, ἐν ὄνυχι τιμίῳ καὶ σαπφείρῳ.

17Gold and crystal shall not be equalled to it, neither shall vessels of gold be its exchange.Οὐκ ἰσωθήσεται αὐτῇ χρυσίον καὶ ὕαλος, καὶ τὸ ἄλλαγμα αὐτῆς σκεύη χρυσᾶ.

18Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned: but do you esteem wisdom above the most precious things.Μετέωρα καὶ γαβὶς οὐ μνησθήσεται, καὶ ἕλκυσον σοφίαν ὑπὲρ τὰ ἐσώτατα.

19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equalled to it; it shall not be compared with pure gold.Οὐκ ἰσωθήσεται αὐτῇ τοπάζιον Αἰθιοπίας, χρυσίῳ καθαρῷ οὐ συμβασταχθήσεται.

20Whence then is wisdom found? and of what kind is the place of understanding?Ἡ δὲ σοφία πόθεν εὑρέθη; ποῖος δὲ τόπος ἐστὶ τῆς συνέσεως;

21It has escaped the notice of every man, and has been hidden from the birds of the sky.Λέληθε πάντα ἄνθρωπον, καὶ ἀπὸ πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐκρύβη.

22Destruction and Death said, We have heard the report of it.Ἡ ἀπώλεια καὶ ὁ θάνατος εἶπαν, ἀκηκόαμεν δὲ αὐτῆς τὸ κλέος.

23God has well ordered the way of it, and he knows the place of it.Ὁ Θεὸς εὖ συνέστησεν αὐτῆς τὴν ὁδὸν, αὐτὸς δὲ οἶδε τὸν τόπον αὐτῆς.

24For he surveys the whole earth under heaven, knowing the things in the earth:Αὐτὸς γὰρ τὴν ὑπʼ οὐρανὸν πᾶσαν ἐφορᾷ· εἰδὼς τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ, πάντα

25all that he has made; the weight of the winds, the measures of the water.ἃ ἐποίησεν, ἀνέμων σταθμὸν, ὕδατος μέτρα ὅτε ἐποίησεν·

26When he made them, thus he saw and numbered them, and made a way for the pealing of the thunder.οὕτως ἰδὼν ἠρίθμησε, καὶ ὁδὸν ἐν τινάγματι φωνάς.

27Then he saw it, and declared it: he prepared it and traced it out.Τότε εἶδεν αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐξηγήσατο αὐτὴν, ἑτοιμάσας ἐξιχνίασεν.

28And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding.Εἶπε δὲ ἀνθρώπῳ, Ἰδοὺ ἡ θεοσέβειά ἐστι σοφία, τὸ δὲ ἀπέχεσθαι ἀπὸ κακῶν ἐστὶν ἐπιστήμη.