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

¹"Da, srebro ima svoja nalazišta, a zlato mjesta gdje se pročišćava.

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

²Ruda željezna iz zemlje se vadi, a iz rudače rastaljene bakar.

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

³Ljudi tami postavljaju granice i kopaju do najvećih dubina za kamenom u mraku zakopanim.

⁴The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

⁴Čeljad iz tuđine rovove dube do kojih ljudska ne dopire noga, visi njišuć' se, daleko od ljudi.

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

⁵Krilo zemlje iz kojeg kruh nam niče kao od vatre sve je razrovano.

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

⁶Stijene njene safira su skrovišta, prašina zlatna krije se u njima.

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

⁷Tih putova ne znaju grabljivice, jastrebovo ih oko ne opaža.

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

⁸Zvijeri divlje njima nisu kročile niti je kada lav njima prošao.

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

⁹Ali na kamen diže čovjek ruku te iz korijena prevraća planine.

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

¹⁰U kamenu prokopava prolaze, oko mu sve dragocjeno opaža.

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

¹¹Žilama vode on tok zaustavlja; stvari skrivene nosi na vidjelo.

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

¹²Ali otkuda nam Mudrost dolazi? Na kojemu mjestu Razum prebiva?

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

¹³Čovjek njezina ne poznaje puta, u zemlji živih nisu je otkrili.

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

¹⁴Bezdan govori: 'U meni je nema!' a more: 'Ne nalazi se kod mene!'

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

¹⁵Zlatom se čistim kupiti ne može, ni cijenu njenu srebrom odmjeriti;

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

¹⁶ne mjeri se ona zlatom ofirskim, ni oniksom skupim pa ni safirom.

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

¹⁷Sa zlatom, staklom ne poređuje se, nit' se daje za sud od suha zlata.

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

¹⁸Čemu spominjat' prozirac, koralje, bolje je steći Mudrost no biserje.

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

¹⁹Što je prema njoj topaz etiopski? Ni čistim zlatom ne procjenjuje se.

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

²⁰Ali otkuda nam Mudrost dolazi? Na kojemu mjestu Razum prebiva?

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

²¹Sakrivena je očima svih živih; ona izmiče pticama nebeskim.

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

²²Propast paklena i Smrt izjavljuju: 'Za slavu njenu mi smo samo čuli.'

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

²³Jedino je Bog put njen proniknuo, on jedini znade gdje se nalazi.

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

²⁴Jer pogledom granice zemlje hvata i opaža sve pod svodom nebeskim.

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

²⁵Kad htjede vjetru odredit težinu i mjerilom svu vodu izmjeriti,

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

²⁶kad je zakone daždu nametnuo i oblacima gromovnim putove,

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

²⁷tad ju je vidio te izmjerio, učvrstio i do dna ispitao.

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

²⁸A potom je rekao čovjeku: Strah Gospodnji - eto što je mudrost; 'Zla se kloni' - to ti je razumnost."