Job 28 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Man’s industry searches out many things: true wisdom is taught by God alone.
Book: Job · ← Job 27 · Job 29 →
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GR ἔστιν γὰρ ἀργυρίῳ τόπος ὅθεν γίνεται τόπος δὲ χρυσίῳ ὅθεν διηθεῖται
LA Habet argentum venarum suarum principia, et auro locus est in quo conflatur.
EN Silver has beginnings of its veins, and gold has a place wherein it is melted.
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GR σίδηρος μὲν γὰρ ἐκ γῆς γίνεται χαλκὸς δὲ ἴσα λίθῳ λατομεῖται
LA Ferrum de terra tollitur, et lapis solutus calore in æs vertitur.
EN Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.
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GR τάξιν ἔθετο σκότει καὶ πᾶν πέρας αὐτὸς ἐξακριβάζεται λίθος σκοτία καὶ σκιὰ θανάτου
LA Tempus posuit tenebris, et universorum finem ipse considerat: lapidem quoque caliginis et umbram mortis.
EN He has set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considers, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death.
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GR διακοπὴ χειμάρρου ἀπὸ κονίας οἱ δὲ ἐπιλανθανόμενοι ὁδὸν δικαίαν ἠσθένησαν ἐκ βροτῶν
LA Dividit torrens a populo peregrinante eos quos oblitus est pes egentis hominis, et invios.
EN The flood divides from the people that are on their journey, those whom the food of the needy man has forgotten, and who cannot be come at.
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GR γῆ ἐξ αὐτῆς ἐξελεύσεται ἄρτος ὑποκάτω αὐτῆς ἐστράφη ὡσεὶ πῦρ
LA Terra de qua oriebatur panis, in loco suo igni subversa est.
EN The land, out of which bread grew in its place, has been overturned with fire.
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GR τόπος σαπφείρου οἱ λίθοι αὐτῆς καὶ χῶμα χρυσίον αὐτῷ
LA Locus sapphiri lapides ejus, et glebæ illius aurum.
EN The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.
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GR τρίβος οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτὴν πετεινόν καὶ οὐ παρέβλεψεν αὐτὴν ὀφθαλμὸς γυπός
LA Semitam ignoravit avis, nec intuitus est eam oculus vulturis.
EN The bird has not known the path, neither has the eye of the vulture beheld it.
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GR οὐκ ἐπάτησαν αὐτὴν υἱοὶ ἀλαζόνων οὐ παρῆλθεν ἐπ’ αὐτῆς λέων
LA Non calcaverunt eam filii institorum, nec pertransivit per eam leæna.
EN The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither has the lioness passed by it.
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GR ἐν ἀκροτόμῳ ἐξέτεινεν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ κατέστρεψεν δὲ ἐκ ῥιζῶν ὄρη
LA Ad silicem extendit manum suam: subvertit a radicibus montes.
EN He has stretched forth his hand to the flint, he has overturned mountains from the roots.
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GR δίνας δὲ ποταμῶν ἔρρηξεν πᾶν δὲ ἔντιμον εἶδέν μου ὁ ὀφθαλμός
LA In petris rivos excidit, et omne pretiosum vidit oculus ejus.
EN In the rocks he has cut out rivers, and his eye has seen every precious thing.
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GR βάθη δὲ ποταμῶν ἀνεκάλυψεν ἔδειξεν δὲ ἑαυτοῦ δύναμιν εἰς φῶς
LA Profunda quoque fluviorum scrutatus est, et abscondita in lucem produxit.
EN The depths also of rivers he has searched, and hidden things he has brought forth to light.
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GR ἡ δὲ σοφία πόθεν εὑρέθη ποῖος δὲ τόπος ἐστὶν τῆς ἐπιστήμης
LA Sapientia vero ubi invenitur? et quis est locus intelligentiæ?
EN But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?
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GR οὐκ οἶδεν βροτὸς ὁδὸν αὐτῆς οὐδὲ μὴ εὑρεθῇ ἐν ἀνθρώποις
LA Nescit homo pretium ejus, nec invenitur in terra suaviter viventium.
EN Man knows not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.
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GR ἄβυσσος εἶπεν οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ἐμοί καὶ θάλασσα εἶπεν οὐκ ἔστιν μετ’ ἐμοῦ
LA Abyssus dicit: Non est in me, et mare loquitur: Non est mecum.
EN The depth says: It is not in me: and the sea says: It is not with me.
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GR οὐ δώσει συγκλεισμὸν ἀντ’ αὐτῆς καὶ οὐ σταθήσεται ἀργύριον ἀντάλλαγμα αὐτῆς
LA Non dabitur aurum obrizum pro ea, nec appendetur argentum in commutatione ejus.
EN The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.
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GR καὶ οὐ συμβασταχθήσεται χρυσίῳ Ωφιρ ἐν ὄνυχι τιμίῳ καὶ σαπφείρῳ
LA Non conferetur tinctis Indiæ coloribus, nec lapidi sardonycho pretiosissimo vel sapphiro.
EN It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.
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GR οὐκ ἰσωθήσεται αὐτῇ χρυσίον καὶ ὕαλος καὶ τὸ ἄλλαγμα αὐτῆς σκεύη χρυσᾶ
LA Non adæquabitur ei aurum vel vitrum, nec commutabuntur pro ea vasa auri.
EN Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.
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GR μετέωρα καὶ γαβις οὐ μνησθήσεται καὶ ἕλκυσον σοφίαν ὑπὲρ τὰ ἐσώτατα
LA Excelsa et eminentia non memorabuntur comparatione ejus: trahitur autem sapientia de occultis.
EN High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.
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GR οὐκ ἰσωθήσεται αὐτῇ τοπάζιον Αἰθιοπίας χρυσίῳ καθαρῷ οὐ συμβασταχθήσεται
LA Non adæquabitur ei topazius de Æthiopia, nec tincturæ mundissimæ componetur.
EN The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.
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GR ἡ δὲ σοφία πόθεν εὑρέθη ποῖος δὲ τόπος ἐστὶν τῆς συνέσεως
LA Unde ergo sapientia venit? et quis est locus intelligentiæ?
EN Whence then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
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GR λέληθεν πάντα ἄνθρωπον καὶ ἀπὸ πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐκρύβη
LA Abscondita est ab oculis omnium viventium: volucres quoque cæli latet.
EN It is hid from the eyes of all living, and the fowls of the air know it not.
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GR ἡ ἀπώλεια καὶ ὁ θάνατος εἶπαν ἀκηκόαμεν δὲ αὐτῆς τὸ κλέος
LA Perditio et mors dixerunt: Auribus nostris audivimus famam ejus.
EN Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.
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GR ὁ θεὸς εὖ συνέστησεν αὐτῆς τὴν ὁδόν αὐτὸς δὲ οἶδεν τὸν τόπον αὐτῆς
LA Deus intelligit viam ejus, et ipse novit locum illius.
EN God understands the way of it, and he knows the place thereof.
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GR αὐτὸς γὰρ τὴν ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν πᾶσαν ἐφορᾷ εἰδὼς τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ πάντα ἃ ἐποίησεν
LA Ipse enim fines mundi intuetur, et omnia quæ sub cælo sunt respicit.
EN For he beholds the ends of the world: and looks on all things that are under heaven.
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GR ἀνέμων σταθμὸν ὕδατός τε μέτρα
LA Qui fecit ventis pondus, et aquas appendit in mensura.
EN Who made a weight for the winds, and weighed the waters by measure.
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GR ὅτε ἐποίησεν οὕτως ὑετὸν ἠρίθμησεν καὶ ὁδὸν ἐν τινάγματι φωνάς
LA Quando ponebat pluviis legem, et viam procellis sonantibus:
EN When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.
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GR τότε εἶδεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐξηγήσατο αὐτήν ἑτοιμάσας ἐξιχνίασεν
LA tunc vidit illam et enarravit, et præparavit, et investigavit.
EN Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it.
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GR εἶπεν δὲ ἀνθρώπῳ ἰδοὺ ἡ θεοσέβειά ἐστιν σοφία τὸ δὲ ἀπέχεσθαι ἀπὸ κακῶν ἐστιν ἐπιστήμη
LA Et dixit homini: Ecce timor Domini, ipsa est sapientia; et recedere a malo, intelligentia.
EN And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.
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