Job 28
1 Silver hath beginnings of its veins, and gold hath a place wherein it is melted.
ἔστιν γὰρ ἀργυρίῳ τόπος ὅθεν γίνεται τόπος δὲ χρυσίῳ ὅθεν διηθεῖται
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.
σίδηρος μὲν γὰρ ἐκ γῆς γίνεται χαλκὸς δὲ ἴσα λίθῳ λατομεῖται
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.
τάξιν ἔθετο σκότει καὶ πᾶν πέρας αὐτὸς ἐξακριβάζεται λίθος σκοτία καὶ σκιὰ θανάτου
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.
διακοπὴ χειμάρρου ἀπὸ κονίας οἱ δὲ ἐπιλανθανόμενοι ὁδὸν δικαίαν ἠσθένησαν ἐκ βροτῶν
5 The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.
γῆ ἐξ αὐτῆς ἐξελεύσεται ἄρτος ὑποκάτω αὐτῆς ἐστράφη ὡσεὶ πῦρ
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.
τόπος σαπφείρου οἱ λίθοι αὐτῆς καὶ χῶμα χρυσίον αὐτῷ
7 The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it.
τρίβος οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτὴν πετεινόν καὶ οὐ παρέβλεψεν αὐτὴν ὀφθαλμὸς γυπός
8 The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither hath the lioness passed by it.
οὐκ ἐπάτησαν αὐτὴν υἱοὶ ἀλαζόνων οὐ παρῆλθεν ἐπ’ αὐτῆς λέων
9 He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots.
ἐν ἀκροτόμῳ ἐξέτεινεν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ κατέστρεψεν δὲ ἐκ ῥιζῶν ὄρη
10 In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing.
δίνας δὲ ποταμῶν ἔρρηξεν πᾶν δὲ ἔντιμον εἶδέν μου ὁ ὀφθαλμός
11 The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.
βάθη δὲ ποταμῶν ἀνεκάλυψεν ἔδειξεν δὲ ἑαυτοῦ δύναμιν εἰς φῶς
12 But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?
ἡ δὲ σοφία πόθεν εὑρέθη ποῖος δὲ τόπος ἐστὶν τῆς ἐπιστήμης
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.
οὐκ οἶδεν βροτὸς ὁδὸν αὐτῆς οὐδὲ μὴ εὑρεθῇ ἐν ἀνθρώποις
14 The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me.
ἄβυσσος εἶπεν οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ἐμοί καὶ θάλασσα εἶπεν οὐκ ἔστιν μετ’ ἐμοῦ
15 The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.
οὐ δώσει συγκλεισμὸν ἀντ’ αὐτῆς καὶ οὐ σταθήσεται ἀργύριον ἀντάλλαγμα αὐτῆς
16 It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.
καὶ οὐ συμβασταχθήσεται χρυσίῳ Ωφιρ ἐν ὄνυχι τιμίῳ καὶ σαπφείρῳ
17 Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.
οὐκ ἰσωθήσεται αὐτῇ χρυσίον καὶ ὕαλος καὶ τὸ ἄλλαγμα αὐτῆς σκεύη χρυσᾶ
18 High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.
μετέωρα καὶ γαβις οὐ μνησθήσεται καὶ ἕλκυσον σοφίαν ὑπὲρ τὰ ἐσώτατα
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.
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 ἐστὶν τῆς συνέσεως
21 It is hid from the eyes of all living. and the fowls of the air know it not.
λέληθεν πάντα ἄνθρωπον καὶ ἀπὸ πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐκρύβη
22 Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.
ἡ ἀπώλεια καὶ ὁ θάνατος εἶπαν ἀκηκόαμεν δὲ αὐτῆς τὸ κλέος
23 God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.
ὁ θεὸς εὖ συνέστησεν αὐτῆς τὴν ὁδόν αὐτὸς δὲ οἶδεν τὸν τόπον αὐτῆς
24 For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.
αὐτὸς γὰρ τὴν ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν πᾶσαν ἐφορᾷ εἰδὼς τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ πάντα ἃ ἐποίησεν
25 Who made a weight for the winds and weighed the waters by measure.
ἀνέμων σταθμὸν ὕδατός τε μέτρα
26 When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.
ὅτε ἐποίησεν οὕτως ὑετὸν ἠρίθμησεν καὶ ὁδὸν ἐν τινάγματι φωνάς
27 Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it.
τότε εἶδεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐξηγήσατο αὐτήν ἑτοιμάσας ἐξιχνίασεν
28 And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.
εἶπεν δὲ ἀνθρώπῳ ἰδοὺ ἡ θεοσέβειά ἐστιν σοφία τὸ δὲ ἀπέχεσθαι ἀπὸ κακῶν ἐστιν ἐπιστήμη
