KJV ¹ Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.

VULC ¹ [Habet argentum venarum suarum principia,
et auro locus est in quo conflatur.

WLC ¹ כִּ֤י יֵ֣שׁ לַכֶּ֣סֶף מוֹצָ֑א וּ֝מָק֗וֹם לַזָּהָ֥ב יָזֹֽקּוּ׃

KJV ² Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.

VULC ² Ferrum de terra tollitur,
et lapis solutus calore in æs vertitur.

WLC ² בַּ֭רְזֶל מֵעָפָ֣ר יֻקָּ֑ח וְ֝אֶ֗בֶן יָצ֥וּק נְחוּשָֽׁה׃

KJV ³ He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

VULC ³ Tempus posuit tenebris,
et universorum finem ipse considerat :
lapidem quoque caliginis et umbram mortis.

WLC ³ קֵ֤ץ ׀ שָׂ֤ם לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ וּֽלְכָל־ תַּ֭כְלִית ה֣וּא חוֹקֵ֑ר אֶ֖בֶן אֹ֣פֶל וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃

KJV 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.

VULC ⁴ Dividit torrens a populo peregrinante
eos quos oblitus est pes egentis hominis, et invios.

WLC ⁴ פָּ֤רַץ נַ֨חַל ׀ מֵֽעִם־ גָּ֗ר הַֽנִּשְׁכָּחִ֥ים מִנִּי־ רָ֑גֶל דַּ֖לּוּ מֵאֱנ֣וֹשׁ נָֽעוּ׃

KJV ⁵ As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

VULC ⁵ Terra de qua oriebatur panis,
in loco suo igni subversa est.

WLC ⁵ אֶ֗רֶץ מִמֶּ֥נָּה יֵֽצֵא־ לָ֑חֶם וְ֝תַחְתֶּ֗יהָ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ כְּמוֹ־ אֵֽשׁ׃

KJV ⁶ The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.

VULC ⁶ Locus sapphiri lapides ejus,
et glebæ illius aurum.

WLC ⁶ מְקוֹם־ סַפִּ֥יר אֲבָנֶ֑יהָ וְעַפְרֹ֖ת זָהָ֣ב לֽוֹ׃

KJV ⁷ There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

VULC ⁷ Semitam ignoravit avis,
nec intuitus est eam oculus vulturis.

WLC ⁷ נָ֭תִיב לֹֽא־ יְדָ֣עוֹ עָ֑יִט וְלֹ֥א שְׁ֝זָפַ֗תּוּ עֵ֣ין אַיָּֽה׃

KJV ⁸ The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

VULC ⁸ Non calcaverunt eam filii institorum,
nec pertransivit per eam leæna.

WLC ⁸ לֹֽא־ הִדְרִיכֻ֥הוּ בְנֵי־ שָׁ֑חַץ לֹֽא־ עָדָ֖ה עָלָ֣יו שָֽׁחַל׃

KJV ⁹ He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

VULC ⁹ Ad silicem extendit manum suam :
subvertit a radicibus montes.

WLC ⁹ בַּֽ֭חַלָּמִישׁ שָׁלַ֣ח יָד֑וֹ הָפַ֖ךְ מִשֹּׁ֣רֶשׁ הָרִֽים׃

KJV ¹⁰ He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.

VULC ¹⁰ In petris rivos excidit,
et omne pretiosum vidit oculus ejus.

WLC ¹⁰ בַּ֭צּוּרוֹת יְאֹרִ֣ים בִּקֵּ֑עַ וְכָל־ יְ֝קָ֗ר רָאֲתָ֥ה עֵינֽוֹ׃

KJV ¹¹ He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

VULC ¹¹ Profunda quoque fluviorum scrutatus est,
et abscondita in lucem produxit.

WLC ¹¹ מִ֭בְּכִי נְהָר֣וֹת חִבֵּ֑שׁ וְ֝תַעֲלֻמָ֗הּ יֹ֣צִא אֽוֹר׃

KJV ¹² But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

VULC ¹² Sapientia vero ubi invenitur ?
et quis est locus intelligentiæ ?

WLC ¹² וְֽ֭הַחָכְמָה מֵאַ֣יִן תִּמָּצֵ֑א וְאֵ֥י זֶ֝ה מְק֣וֹם בִּינָֽה׃

KJV ¹³ Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

VULC ¹³ Nescit homo pretium ejus,
nec invenitur in terra suaviter viventium.

WLC ¹³ לֹא־ יָדַ֣ע אֱנ֣וֹשׁ עֶרְכָּ֑הּ וְלֹ֥א תִ֝מָּצֵ֗א בְּאֶ֣רֶץ הַֽחַיִּֽים׃

KJV ¹⁴ The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

VULC ¹⁴ Abyssus dicit : Non est in me,
et mare loquitur : Non est mecum.

WLC ¹⁴ תְּה֣וֹם אָ֭מַר לֹ֣א בִי־ הִ֑יא וְיָ֥ם אָ֝מַ֗ר אֵ֣ין עִמָּדִֽי׃

KJV ¹⁵ It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

VULC ¹⁵ Non dabitur aurum obrizum pro ea,
nec appendetur argentum in commutatione ejus.

WLC ¹⁵ לֹא־ יֻתַּ֣ן סְג֣וֹר תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָ וְלֹ֥א יִ֝שָּׁקֵ֗ל כֶּ֣סֶף מְחִירָֽהּ׃

KJV ¹⁶ It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

VULC ¹⁶ Non conferetur tinctis Indiæ coloribus,
nec lapidi sardonycho pretiosissimo vel sapphiro.

WLC ¹⁶ לֹֽא־ תְ֭סֻלֶּה בְּכֶ֣תֶם אוֹפִ֑יר בְּשֹׁ֖הַם יָקָ֣ר וְסַפִּֽיר׃

KJV ¹⁷ The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

VULC ¹⁷ Non adæquabitur ei aurum vel vitrum,
nec commutabuntur pro ea vasa auri.

WLC ¹⁷ לֹא־ יַעַרְכֶ֣נָּה זָ֭הָב וּזְכוֹכִ֑ית וּתְמ֖וּרָתָ֣הּ כְּלִי־ פָֽז׃

KJV ¹⁸ No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

VULC ¹⁸ Excelsa et eminentia non memorabuntur comparatione ejus :
trahitur autem sapientia de occultis.

WLC ¹⁸ רָאמ֣וֹת וְ֭גָבִישׁ לֹ֣א יִזָּכֵ֑ר וּמֶ֥שֶׁךְ חָ֝כְמָ֗ה מִפְּנִינִֽים׃

KJV ¹⁹ The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

VULC ¹⁹ Non adæquabitur ei topazius de Æthiopia,
nec tincturæ mundissimæ componetur.

WLC ¹⁹ לֹֽא־ יַ֭עַרְכֶנָּה פִּטְדַת־ כּ֑וּשׁ בְּכֶ֥תֶם טָ֝ה֗וֹר לֹ֣א תְסֻלֶּֽה׃

KJV ²⁰ Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

VULC ²⁰ Unde ergo sapientia venit ?
et quis est locus intelligentiæ ?

WLC ²⁰ וְֽ֭הַחָכְמָה מֵאַ֣יִן תָּב֑וֹא וְאֵ֥י זֶ֝֗ה מְק֣וֹם בִּינָֽה׃

KJV ²¹ Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

VULC ²¹ Abscondita est ab oculis omnium viventium :
volucres quoque cæli latet.

WLC ²¹ וְֽ֭נֶעֶלְמָה מֵעֵינֵ֣י כָל־ חָ֑י וּמֵע֖וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם נִסְתָּֽרָה׃

KJV ²² Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

VULC ²² Perditio et mors dixerunt :
Auribus nostris audivimus famam ejus.

WLC ²² אֲבַדּ֣וֹן וָ֭מָוֶת אָ֣מְר֑וּ בְּ֝אָזְנֵ֗ינוּ שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ שִׁמְעָֽהּ׃

KJV ²³ God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

VULC ²³ Deus intelligit viam ejus,
et ipse novit locum illius.

WLC ²³ אֱ֭לֹהִים הֵבִ֣ין דַּרְכָּ֑הּ וְ֝ה֗וּא יָדַ֥ע אֶת־ מְקוֹמָֽהּ׃

KJV ²⁴ For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;

VULC ²⁴ Ipse enim fines mundi intuetur,
et omnia quæ sub cælo sunt respicit.

WLC ²⁴ כִּי־ ה֭וּא לִקְצוֹת־ הָאָ֣רֶץ יַבִּ֑יט תַּ֖חַת כָּל־ הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם יִרְאֶֽה׃

KJV ²⁵ To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

VULC ²⁵ Qui fecit ventis pondus,
et aquas appendit in mensura.

WLC ²⁵ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָר֣וּחַ מִשְׁקָ֑ל וּ֝מַ֗יִם תִּכֵּ֥ן בְּמִדָּֽה׃

KJV ²⁶ When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

VULC ²⁶ Quando ponebat pluviis legem,
et viam procellis sonantibus :

WLC ²⁶ בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹ לַמָּטָ֣ר חֹ֑ק וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ לַחֲזִ֥יז קֹלֽוֹת׃

KJV ²⁷ Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

VULC ²⁷ tunc vidit illam et enarravit,
et præparavit, et investigavit.

WLC ²⁷ אָ֣ז רָ֭אָהּ וַֽיְסַפְּרָ֑הּ הֱ֝כִינָ֗הּ וְגַם־ חֲקָרָֽהּ׃

KJV ²⁸ And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

VULC ²⁸ Et dixit homini : Ecce timor Domini, ipsa est sapientia ;
et recedere a malo, intelligentia.]

WLC ²⁸ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר ׀ לָֽאָדָ֗ם הֵ֤ן יִרְאַ֣ת אֲ֭דֹנָי הִ֣יא חָכְמָ֑ה וְס֖וּר מֵרָ֣ע בִּינָֽה׃