¹Habet argentum venarum suarum principia,Silver has its fissures where it is first found,et auro locus est in quo conflatur.and gold has a place where it is melted.

¹Habet argentum venarum suarum principia,Silver has its fissures where it is first found,et auro locus est in quo conflatur.and gold has a place where it is melted.

²Ferrum de terra tollitur,Iron is taken from the earth,et lapis solutus calore in æs vertitur.and ore, unbound by heat, is turned into brass.

²Ferrum de terra tollitur,Iron is taken from the earth,et lapis solutus calore in æs vertitur.and ore, unbound by heat, is turned into brass.

³Tempus posuit tenebris,He has established a time for darkness,et universorum finem ipse considerat:and he has settled on an end for all things,lapidem quoque caliginis et umbram mortis.as well as for the stone that is in the gloom and shadow of death.

³Tempus posuit tenebris,He has established a time for darkness,et universorum finem ipse considerat:and he has settled on an end for all things,lapidem quoque caliginis et umbram mortis.as well as for the stone that is in the gloom and shadow of death.

⁴Dividit torrens a populo peregrinante eos quos oblitus est pes egentis hominis,The burning separates a pilgrim people from those who have been forgotten by the feet of the destitute manet invios.and from the unapproachable.

⁴Dividit torrens a populo peregrinante eos quos oblitus est pes egentis hominis,The burning separates a pilgrim people from those who have been forgotten by the feet of the destitute manet invios.and from the unapproachable.

⁵Terra de qua oriebatur panis,The land, where bread appeared in its place,in loco suo igni subversa est.has been destroyed by fire.

⁵Terra de qua oriebatur panis,The land, where bread appeared in its place,in loco suo igni subversa est.has been destroyed by fire.

⁶Locus sapphiri lapides ejus,Its stones are embedded with sapphires,et glebæ illius aurum.and its soil, with gold.

⁶Locus sapphiri lapides ejus,Its stones are embedded with sapphires,et glebæ illius aurum.and its soil, with gold.

⁷Semitam ignoravit avis,The bird does not know its path,nec intuitus est eam oculus vulturis.nor has the eye of the vulture beheld it.

⁷Semitam ignoravit avis,The bird does not know its path,nec intuitus est eam oculus vulturis.nor has the eye of the vulture beheld it.

⁸Non calcaverunt eam filii institorum,The sons of merchants have not walked there,nec pertransivit per eam leæna.nor has the lioness traveled through it.

⁸Non calcaverunt eam filii institorum,The sons of merchants have not walked there,nec pertransivit per eam leæna.nor has the lioness traveled through it.

⁹Ad silicem extendit manum suam:He has stretched out his hand to the rocks;subvertit a radicibus montes.he has overturned the foundations of the mountains.

⁹Ad silicem extendit manum suam:He has stretched out his hand to the rocks;subvertit a radicibus montes.he has overturned the foundations of the mountains.

¹⁰In petris rivos excidit,He has cut rivers through the rocks,et omne pretiosum vidit oculus ejus.and his eye has seen all precious things.

¹⁰In petris rivos excidit,He has cut rivers through the rocks,et omne pretiosum vidit oculus ejus.and his eye has seen all precious things.

¹¹Profunda quoque fluviorum scrutatus est,The depths of rivers he has also examined,et abscondita in lucem produxit.and he has brought hidden things into the light.

¹¹Profunda quoque fluviorum scrutatus est,The depths of rivers he has also examined,et abscondita in lucem produxit.and he has brought hidden things into the light.

¹²Sapientia vero ubi invenitur?But, in truth, where is wisdom to be found,et quis est locus intelligentiæ?and where is the place of understanding?

¹²Sapientia vero ubi invenitur?But, in truth, where is wisdom to be found,et quis est locus intelligentiæ?and where is the place of understanding?

¹³Nescit homo pretium ejus,Man does not know its price,nec invenitur in terra suaviter viventium.nor is it found in the land of those who live in sweetness.

¹³Nescit homo pretium ejus,Man does not know its price,nec invenitur in terra suaviter viventium.nor is it found in the land of those who live in sweetness.

¹⁴Abyssus dicit:The abyss declares,Non est in me,“It is not in me.”et mare loquitur:And the sea says,Non est mecum.“It is not with me.”

¹⁴Abyssus dicit:The abyss declares,Non est in me,“It is not in me.”et mare loquitur:And the sea says,Non est mecum.“It is not with me.”

¹⁵Non dabitur aurum obrizum pro ea,The finest gold will not be paid for it,nec appendetur argentum in commutatione ejus.nor will silver be weighed in exchange for it.

¹⁵Non dabitur aurum obrizum pro ea,The finest gold will not be paid for it,nec appendetur argentum in commutatione ejus.nor will silver be weighed in exchange for it.

¹⁶Non conferetur tinctis Indiæ coloribus,It will not be compared with the dyed colors of India,nec lapidi sardonycho pretiosissimonor with the very costly stone sardonyx,vel sapphiro.nor with the sapphire.

¹⁶Non conferetur tinctis Indiæ coloribus,It will not be compared with the dyed colors of India,nec lapidi sardonycho pretiosissimonor with the very costly stone sardonyx,vel sapphiro.nor with the sapphire.

¹⁷Non adæquabitur ei aurum vel vitrum,Neither gold nor crystal will be its equal;nec commutabuntur pro ea vasa auri.neither will vessels of gold be fitted for it.

¹⁷Non adæquabitur ei aurum vel vitrum,Neither gold nor crystal will be its equal;nec commutabuntur pro ea vasa auri.neither will vessels of gold be fitted for it.

¹⁸Excelsa et eminentia non memorabuntur comparatione ejus:The exalted and the eminent will not be remembered in comparison with it.trahitur autem sapientia de occultis.Yet wisdom is drawn out of concealment.

¹⁸Excelsa et eminentia non memorabuntur comparatione ejus:The exalted and the eminent will not be remembered in comparison with it.trahitur autem sapientia de occultis.Yet wisdom is drawn out of concealment.

¹⁹Non adæquabitur ei topazius de Æthiopia,The topaz of Ethiopia will not be equal to it,nec tincturæ mundissimæ componetur.nor will it be compared to the purest dyes.

¹⁹Non adæquabitur ei topazius de Æthiopia,The topaz of Ethiopia will not be equal to it,nec tincturæ mundissimæ componetur.nor will it be compared to the purest dyes.

²⁰Unde ergo sapientia venit?So then, where does wisdom begin,et quis est locus intelligentiæ?and where is the place of understanding?

²⁰Unde ergo sapientia venit?So then, where does wisdom begin,et quis est locus intelligentiæ?and where is the place of understanding?

²¹Abscondita est ab oculis omnium viventium:It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things,volucres quoque cæli latet.just as the birds of the heavens escape notice.

²¹Abscondita est ab oculis omnium viventium:It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things,volucres quoque cæli latet.just as the birds of the heavens escape notice.

²²PerditioPerdition and death have said,et mors dixerunt:“With our ears,Auribus nostris audivimus famam ejus.we have heard its fame.”

²²PerditioPerdition and death have said,et mors dixerunt:“With our ears,Auribus nostris audivimus famam ejus.we have heard its fame.”

²³Deus intelligit viam ejus,God understands its way,et ipse novit locum illius.and he knows its location.

²³Deus intelligit viam ejus,God understands its way,et ipse novit locum illius.and he knows its location.

²⁴Ipse enim fines mundi intuetur,For he beholds the limits of the world,et omnia quæ sub cælo sunt respicit.and he looks upon all things that are under heaven.

²⁴Ipse enim fines mundi intuetur,For he beholds the limits of the world,et omnia quæ sub cælo sunt respicit.and he looks upon all things that are under heaven.

²⁵Qui fecit ventis pondus,He created a counterweight for the winds,et aquas appendit in mensura.and he suspended the waters to measure them.

²⁵Qui fecit ventis pondus,He created a counterweight for the winds,et aquas appendit in mensura.and he suspended the waters to measure them.

²⁶Quando ponebat pluviis legem,At that time,et viam procellis sonantibus:he gave a law to the rain and a path to the resounding storms.

²⁶Quando ponebat pluviis legem,At that time,et viam procellis sonantibus:he gave a law to the rain and a path to the resounding storms.

²⁷tunc vidit illam et enarravit,Then he saw and explained it,et præparavit, et investigavit.and he made ready and examined it.

²⁷tunc vidit illam et enarravit,Then he saw and explained it,et præparavit, et investigavit.and he made ready and examined it.

²⁸Et dixit homini:And he said to man,Ecce timor Domini,“Behold the fear of the Lord.ipsa est sapientia;Such is wisdom.et recedere a malo,And to withdraw from evil,intelligentia.this is understanding.”

²⁸Et dixit homini:And he said to man,Ecce timor Domini,“Behold the fear of the Lord.ipsa est sapientia;Such is wisdom.et recedere a malo,And to withdraw from evil,intelligentia.this is understanding.”