| DB1 | | In praise of Wisdom. Jb.28.1-28 | Lxx Contents | notes| Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) | : | The Septuagint in English (Brenton) | |
| ἔστιν γὰρ ἀργυρίῳ τόπος, ὅθεν γίνεται, τόπος δὲ χρυσίῳ, ὅθεν διηθεῖται. | In praise of Wisdom. Jb.28.1-28In praise of Wisdom. Jb.28.1-28 | For there is a place for the silver, whence it comes, and a place for the gold, whence it is refined. | |
| σίδηρος μὲν γὰρ ἐκ γῆς γίνεται, χαλκὸς δὲ ἴσα λίθῳ λατομεῖται. | For iron comes out of the earth, and brass is hewn out like stone. | ||
| τάξιν ἔθετο σκότει, καὶ πᾶν πέρας αὐτὸς ἐξακριβάζεται· λίθος σκοτία καὶ σκιὰ θανάτου, | He has set a bound to darkness, and he searches out every limit: a stone [is] darkness, and the shadow of death. | ||
| διακοπὴ χειμάρρου ἀπὸ κονίας· οἱ δὲ ἐπιλανθανόμενοι ὁδὸν δικαίαν ἠσθένησαν ἐκ βροτῶν. | There 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. | ||
| γῆ, ἐξ αὐτῆς ἐξελεύσεται ἄρτος, ὑποκάτω αὐτῆς ἐστράφη ὡσεὶ πῦρ. | [As for] the earth, out of it shall come bread: under it has been turned up as it were fire. | ||
| τόπος σαπφείρου οἱ λίθοι αὐτῆς, καὶ χῶμα, χρυσίον αὐτῷ. | Her stones are the place of the sapphire: and [her] dust [supplies] man with gold. | ||
| τρίβος, οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτὴν πετεινόν, καὶ οὐ παρέβλεψεν αὐτὴν ὀφθαλμὸς γυπός· | [There is] a path, the fowl has not known it, neither has the eye of the vulture seen it: | ||
| οὐκ ἐπάτησαν αὐτὴν υἱοὶ ἀλαζόνων, οὐ παρῆλθεν ἐπ' αὐτῆς λέων. | neither have the sons of the proud trodden it, a lion has not passed upon it. | ||
| ἐν ἀκροτόμῳ ἐξέτεινεν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, κατέστρεψεν δὲ ἐκ ῥιζῶν ὄρη· | He has stretched forth his hand on the sharp [rock], and turned up mountains by the roots: | ||
| δίνας δὲ ποταμῶν ἔρρηξεν, πᾶν δὲ ἔντιμον εἶδέν μου ὁ ὀφθαλμός· | and he has interrupted the whirlpools of rivers, and mine eye has seen every precious thing. | ||
| βάθη δὲ ποταμῶν ἀνεκάλυψεν, ἔδειξεν δὲ ἑαυτοῦ δύναμιν εἰς φῶς. | And he has laid bare the depths of rivers, and has brought his power to light. | ||
| ἡ δὲ σοφία πόθεν εὑρέθη; ποῖος δὲ τόπος ἐστὶν τῆς ἐπιστήμης; | But whence has wisdom been discovered? and what is the place of knowledge? | ||
| οὐκ οἶδεν βροτὸς ὁδὸν αὐτῆς, οὐδὲ μὴ εὑρεθῇ ἐν ἀνθρώποις. | A mortal has not known its way, neither indeed has it been discovered among men. | ||
| ἄβυσσος εἶπεν Οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ἐμοί· καὶ θάλασσα εἶπεν Οὐκ ἔστιν μετ' ἐμοῦ. | The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not with me. | ||
| 13οὐ δώσει συγκλεισμὸν ἀντ αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐ σταθήσεται ἀργύριον ἀντάλλαγμα αὐτῆς· | One shall not give fine gold instead of it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it. | ||
| καὶ οὐ συμβασταχθήσεται χρυσίῳ Ωφιρ, ἐν ὄνυχι τιμίῳ καὶ σαπφείρῳ· | Neither shall it be compared with gold of Sophir, with the precious onyx and sapphire. | ||
| οὐκ ἰσωθήσεται αὐτῇ χρυσίον καὶ ὕαλος, καὶ τὸ ἄλλαγμα αὐτῆς σκεύη χρυσᾶ· | Gold and crystal shall not be equaled to it, neither shall vessels of gold be its exchange. | ||
| μετέωρα καὶ γαβις οὐ μνησθήσεται, καὶ ἕλκυσον σοφίαν ὑπὲρ τὰ ἐσώτατα· | Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned: but do you esteem wisdom above the most precious things. | ||
| οὐκ ἰσωθήσεται αὐτῇ τοπάζιον Αἰθιοπίας, χρυσίῳ καθαρῷ οὐ συμβασταχθήσεται. | The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equaled to it; it shall not be compared with pure gold. | ||
| ἡ δὲ σοφία πόθεν εὑρέθη; ποῖος δὲ τόπος ἐστὶν τῆς συνέσεως; | Whence then is wisdom found? and of what kind is the place of understanding? | ||
| λέληθεν πάντα ἄνθρωπον, καὶ ἀπὸ πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐκρύβη· | It has escaped the notice of every man, and has been hidden from the birds of the sky. | ||
| ἡ ἀπώλεια καὶ ὁ θάνατος εἶπαν Ἀκηκόαμεν δὲ αὐτῆς τὸ κλέος. | Destruction and Death said, We have heard the report of it. | ||
| ὁ θεὸς εὖ συνέστησεν αὐτῆς τὴν ὁδόν, αὐτὸς δὲ οἶδεν τὸν τόπον αὐτῆς· | God has well ordered the way of it, and he knows the place of it. | ||
| αὐτὸς γὰρ τὴν ὑπ' οὐρανὸν πᾶσαν ἐφορᾷ, εἰδὼς τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ πάντα, ἃ ἐποίησεν, | For he surveys the whole [earth] under heaven, knowing the things in the earth: | ||
| ἀνέμων σταθμὸν ὕδατός τε μέτρα· | all that he has made; the weight of the winds, the measures of the water. | ||
| ὅτε ἐποίησεν οὕτως, ὑετὸν ἠρίθμησεν· καὶ ὁδὸν ἐν τινάγματι φωνάς· | When he made [them], thus he saw and numbered them, and made a way for the pealing of the thunder. | ||
| τότε εἶδεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐξηγήσατο αὐτήν, ἑτοιμάσας ἐξιχνίασεν. | Then he saw it, and declared it: he prepared it [and] traced it out. | ||
| εἶπεν δὲ ἀνθρώπῳ Ἰδοὺ ἡ θεοσέβειά ἐστιν σοφία, τὸ δὲ ἀπέχεσθαι ἀπὸ κακῶν ἐστιν ἐπιστήμη. | And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding. | ||