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1
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
Ἐστι γὰρ ἀργυρίῳ τόπος ὅθεν γίνεται, τόπος δὲ χρυσίου ὅθεν διηθεῖται.
2
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
Σίδηρος μὲν γὰρ ἐκ γῆς γίνεται, χαλκὸς δὲ ἶσα λίθῳ λατομεῖται.
3
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
Τάξιν ἔθετο σκότει, καὶ πᾶν πέρας αὐτὸς ἐξακριβάζεται, λίθος σκοτία, καὶ σκιὰ θανάτου.
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.
Διακοπὴ χειμάῤῥου ἀπὸ κονίας, οἱ δὲ ἐπιλανθανόμενοι ὁδὸν δικαίαν ἠσθένησαν, ἐκ βροτῶν ἐσαλεύθησαν.
5
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
Γῆ, ἐξ αὐτῆς ἐξελεύσεται ἄρτος, ὑποκάτω αὐτῆς ἐστράφη ὡσεὶ πῦρ.
6
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
Τόπος σαπφείρου οἱ λίθοι αὐτῆς, καὶ χῶμα χρυσίον αὐτῷ.
7
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
Τρίβος, οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτὴν πετεινὸν, καὶ οὐ παρέβλεψεν αὐτὴν ὀφθαλμὸς γυπός·
8
The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Καὶ οὐκ ἐπάτησαν αὐτὸν υἱοὶ ἀλαζόνων, οὐ παρῆλθεν ἐπʼ αὐτῆς λέων.
9
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
Ἐν ἀκροτόμῳ ἐξέτεινε χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, κατέστρεψε δὲ ἐκ ῥιζῶν ὄρη.
10
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
Δίνας δὲ ποταμῶν διέῤῥηξε, πᾶν δὲ ἔντιμον εἴδέ μου ὁ ὀφθαλμός.
11
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
Βάθη δὲ ποταμῶν ἀνεκάλυψεν, ἔδειξε δὲ αὐτοῦ δύναμιν εἰς φῶς.
12
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
Ἡ δὲ σοφία πόθεν εὑρέθη; ποῖος δὲ τόπος ἐστὶ τῆς ἐπιστήμης;
13
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
Οὐκ οἶδε βροτὸς ὁδὸν αὐτῆς, οὐδὲ μὴν εὑρέθη ἐν ἀνθρώποις.
14
The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Ἄβυσσος εἶπεν, οὐκ ἔνεστιν ἐν ἐμοί· καὶ ἡ θάλασσα εἶπεν, οὐκ ἔνεστι μετʼ ἐμοῦ.
15
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Οὐ δώσει συνκλεισμὸν ἀντʼ αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐ σταθήσεται ἀργύριον ἀντάλλαγμα αὐτῆς.
16
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Καὶ οὐ συνβασταχθήσεται χρυσίῳ Σωφεὶρ, ἐν ὄνυχι τιμίῳ καὶ σαπφείρῳ.
17
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
Οὐκ ἰσωθήσεται αὐτῇ χρυσίον καὶ ὕαλος, καὶ τὸ ἄλλαγμα αὐτῆς σκεύη χρυσᾶ.
18
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Μετέωρα καὶ γαβὶς οὐ μνησθήσεται, καὶ ἕλκυσον σοφίαν ὑπὲρ τὰ ἐσώτατα.
19
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Οὐκ ἰσωθήσεται αὐτῇ τοπάζιον Αἰθιοπίας, χρυσίῳ καθαρῷ οὐ συμβασταχθήσεται.
20
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Ἡ δὲ σοφία πόθεν εὑρέθη; ποῖος δὲ τόπος ἐστὶ τῆς συνέσεως;
21
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
Λέληθε πάντα ἄνθρωπον, καὶ ἀπὸ πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐκρύβη.
22
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
Ἡ ἀπώλεια καὶ ὁ θάνατος εἶπαν, ἀκηκόαμεν δὲ αὐτῆς τὸ κλέος.
23
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
Ὁ Θεὸς εὖ συνέστησεν αὐτῆς τὴν ὁδὸν, αὐτὸς δὲ οἶδε τὸν τόπον αὐτῆς.
24
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
Αὐτὸς γὰρ τὴν ὑπʼ οὐρανὸν πᾶσαν ἐφορᾷ· εἰδὼς τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ, πάντα
25
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
ἃ ἐποίησεν, ἀνέμων σταθμὸν, ὕδατος μέτρα ὅτε ἐποίησεν·
26
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
οὕτως ἰδὼν ἠρίθμησε, καὶ ὁδὸν ἐν τινάγματι φωνάς.
27
Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
Τότε εἶδεν αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐξηγήσατο αὐτὴν, ἑτοιμάσας ἐξιχνίασεν.
28
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Εἶπε δὲ ἀνθρώπῳ, Ἰδοὺ ἡ θεοσέβειά ἐστι σοφία, τὸ δὲ ἀπέχεσθαι ἀπὸ κακῶν ἐστὶν ἐπιστήμη.