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

¹Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;

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

²Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.

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

³[Man] putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.

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

⁴He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants [of the earth]: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover.

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

⁵As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire;

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

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

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

⁷It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;

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

⁸The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed over it.

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

⁹[Man] putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root.

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

¹⁰He cutteth out channels in the rocks, and his eye seeth every precious thing.

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

¹¹He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.

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

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

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

¹³Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.

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

¹⁴The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.

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

¹⁵Choice gold cannot be given for it, nor silver be weighed for its price.

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

¹⁶It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire.

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

¹⁷Gold and glass cannot be compared to it, nor vessels of fine gold be its exchange.

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

¹⁸Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.

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

¹⁹The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold.

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

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

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

²¹For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.

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

²²Destruction and death say, We have heard its report with our ears.

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

²³God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth its place:

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

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

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

²⁵In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure,

²⁶kad je zakone daždu nametnuo i oblacima gromovnim putove,

²⁶In appointing a statute for the rain, and a way for the thunder's flash:

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

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

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

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