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“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
CIERTAMENTE la plata tiene sus veneros, y el oro lugar donde se forma.
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
El hierro se saca del polvo, y de la piedra es fundido el metal.
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
A las tinieblas puso término, y examina todo á la perfección, las piedras que hay en la oscuridad y en la sombra de muerte.
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
Brota el torrente de junto al morador, aguas que el pie había olvidado: sécanse luego, vanse del hombre.
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
De la tierra nace el pan, y debajo de ella estará como convertida en fuego.
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
Lugar hay cuyas piedras son zafiro, y sus polvos de oro.
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
Senda que nunca la conoció ave, ni ojo de buitre la vió:
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
Nunca la pisaron animales fieros, ni león pasó por ella.
The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
En el pedernal puso su mano, y trastornó los montes de raíz.
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
De los peñascos cortó ríos, y sus ojos vieron todo lo preciado.
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
Detuvo los ríos en su nacimiento, é hizo salir á luz lo escondido.
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
Empero ¿dónde se hallará la sabiduría? ¿y dónde está el lugar de la prudencia?
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
“But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
No conoce su valor el hombre, ni se halla en la tierra de los vivientes.
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
El abismo dice: No está en mí: y la mar dijo: Ni conmigo.
The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
No se dará por oro, ni su precio será á peso de plata.
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
No puede ser apreciada con oro de Ophir, ni con onique precioso, ni con zafiro.
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
El oro no se le igualará, ni el diamante; ni se trocará por vaso de oro fino.
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
De coral ni de perlas no se hará mención: la sabiduría es mejor que piedras preciosas.
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
No se igualará con ella esmeralda de Ethiopía; no se podrá apreciar con oro fino.
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
¿De dónde pues vendrá la sabiduría? ¿y dónde está el lugar de la inteligencia?
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
Porque encubierta está á los ojos de todo viviente, y á toda ave del cielo es oculta.
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
El infierno y la muerte dijeron: Su fama hemos oído con nuestros oídos.
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
Dios entiende el camino de ella, y él conoce su lugar.
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
“God understands its way, and he knows its place.
For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
Porque él mira hasta los fines de la tierra, y ve debajo de todo el cielo.
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
Al dar peso al viento, y poner las aguas por medida;
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
Cuando él hizo ley á la lluvia, y camino al relámpago de los truenos;
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
Entonces la veía él, y la manifestaba; preparóla y descubrióla también.
Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Y dijo al hombre: He aquí que el temor del Señor es la sabiduría, y el apartarse del mal la inteligencia.
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”