¹Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine;

¹智慧只有　神能赐

²Iron from the dust is taken, And [from] the firm stone brass.

²铁从土中取出，熔化石头而得铜。

³An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.

³人探求黑暗的尽头，查明在阴暗中的石矿，直到极处。

⁴A stream hath broken out from a sojourner, Those forgotten of the foot, They were low, from man they wandered.

⁴在无人居住之处，足迹罕至之地开坑探矿，他们与人远离，悬在坑中摇来摇去。

⁵The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire.

⁵至于地，粮食从它而出，地底下却好像被火翻转过来一样。

⁶A place of the sapphire [are] its stones, And it hath dust of gold.

⁶石中有蓝宝石，也有金沙。

⁷A path — not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,

⁷矿坑中的路，鸷鸟不知道，连鹰的眼也未曾见过；

⁸Nor trodden it have the sons of pride, Not passed over it hath the fierce lion.

⁸狂傲的野兽未曾行过，猛狮也未曾经过。

⁹Against the flint he sent forth his hand, He overturned from the root mountains.

⁹人伸手击凿坚石，使山脚翻倒过来。

¹⁰Among rocks, brooks he hath cleaved, And every precious thing hath his eye seen.

¹⁰在磐石中凿出坑道，亲眼看见各样宝物。

¹¹From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out [to] light.

¹¹他堵住水源，不让滴漏，又使隐藏之物显露在光中。

¹²And the wisdom — whence is it found? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?

¹²然而，智慧在何处可寻？聪明之地在哪里呢？

¹³Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

¹³智慧的价值人不知道，在活人之地也寻不到。

¹⁴The deep hath said, `It [is] not in me,` And the sea hath said, `It is not with me.`

¹⁴深渊说：‘不在我里面’，沧海说：‘不在我这里’。

¹⁵Gold is not given for it, Nor is silver weighed — its price.

¹⁵智慧不能用纯金购买，也不能称银子作它的代价。

¹⁶It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire,

¹⁶俄斐金，贵重的玛瑙、蓝宝石，都不能与它比较。

¹⁷Not equal it do gold and crystal, Nor [is] its exchange a vessel of fine gold.

¹⁷黄金和玻璃不能与它比较，纯金的器皿不能与它交换。

¹⁸Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom [is] above rubies.

¹⁸珊瑚和水晶都不值一提，取得智慧胜过取得红宝石。

¹⁹Not equal it doth the topaz of Cush, With pure gold it is not valued.

¹⁹古实的黄玉不能与它比较，纯金也不能与它较量。

²⁰And the wisdom — whence doth it come? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?

²⁰然而，智慧从哪里来，聪明之地在哪里呢？

²¹It hath been hid from the eyes of all living. And from the fowl of the heavens It hath been hidden.

²¹众生的眼睛都看不到，空中的飞鸟也不能发现。

²²Destruction and death have said: `With our ears we have heard its fame.`

²²灭亡和死亡都说：‘我们只风闻它的事罢了。’

²³God hath understood its way, And He hath known its place.

²³　神明白智慧的道路，也晓得智慧的所在，

²⁴For He to the ends of the earth doth look, Under the whole heavens He doth see,

²⁴因为他察看全世界，遍观全地。

²⁵To make for the wind a weight, And the waters He meted out in measure.

²⁵他为风定轻重，又度量众水；

²⁶In His making for the rain a limit, And a way for the brightness of the voices,

²⁶为雨露立定律，为雷电定道路。

²⁷Then He hath seen and declareth it, He hath prepared it, and also searched it out,

²⁷那时他看见智慧，描述智慧，他坚立智慧，并且查探智慧。

²⁸And He saith to man: — `Lo, fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom, And to turn from evil [is] understanding.`

²⁸他对人说：‘敬畏主就是智慧，远离邪恶就是聪明。’”