Job 28

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Silver hath beginnings of its veins, and gold hath a place wherein it is melted.	1 Silver has its fissures where it is first found, and gold has a place where it is melted.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.	2 Iron is taken from the earth, and ore, unbound by heat, is turned into brass.
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.	3 He has established a time for darkness, and he has settled on an end for all things, as well as for the stone that is in the gloom and shadow of death.
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.	4 The burning separates a pilgrim people from those who have been forgotten by the feet of the destitute man and from the unapproachable.
5 The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.	5 The land, where bread appeared in its place, has been destroyed by fire.
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.	6 Its stones are embedded with sapphires, and its soil, with gold.
7 The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it.	7 The bird does not know its path, nor has the eye of the vulture beheld it.
8 The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither hath the lioness passed by it.	8 The sons of merchants have not walked there, nor has the lioness traveled through it.
9 He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots.	9 He has stretched out his hand to the rocks; he has overturned the foundations of the mountains.
10 In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing.	10 He has cut rivers through the rocks, and his eye has seen all precious things.
11 The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.	11 The depths of rivers he has also examined, and he has brought hidden things into the light.
12 But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?	12 But, in truth, where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.	13 Man does not know its price, nor is it found in the land of those who live in sweetness.
14 The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me.	14 The abyss declares, “It is not in me.” And the sea says, “It is not with me.”
15 The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it	15 The finest gold will not be paid for it, nor will silver be weighed in exchange for it.
16 It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.	16 It will not be compared with the dyed colors of India, nor with the very costly stone sardonyx, nor with the sapphire.
17 Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.	17 Neither gold nor crystal will be its equal; neither will vessels of gold be fitted for it.
18 High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.	18 The exalted and the eminent will not be remembered in comparison with it. Yet wisdom is drawn out of concealment.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.	19 The topaz of Ethiopia will not be equal to it, nor will it be compared to the purest dyes.
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?	20 So then, where does wisdom begin, and where is the place of understanding?
21 It is hid from the eyes of all living. and the fowls of the air know it not.	21 It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, just as the birds of the heavens escape notice.
22 Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.	22 Perdition and death have said, “With our ears, we have heard its fame.”
23 God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.	23 God understands its way, and he knows its location.
24 For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.	24 For he beholds the limits of the world, and he looks upon all things that are under heaven.
25 Who made a weight for the winds and weighed the waters by measure.	25 He created a counterweight for the winds, and he suspended the waters to measure them.
26 When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.	26 At that time, he gave a law to the rain and a path to the resounding storms.
27 Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it.	27 Then he saw and explained it, and he made ready and examined it.
28 And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.	28 And he said to man, “Behold the fear of the Lord. Such is wisdom. And to withdraw from evil, this is understanding.”