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[1] Surely there is a mine for silver,
And a place for gold which they refine.
[2] Iron is taken out of the earth,
And copper is molten out of the stone.
[3] Man setteth an end to darkness,
And searcheth out, to the furthest bound,
The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
[4] He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn;
They are forgotten of the foot;
They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
[5] As for the earth, out of it cometh bread;
And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
[6] The stones thereof are the place of sapphires,
And it hath dust of gold.
[7] That path no bird of prey knoweth,
Neither hath the falcon’s eye seen it:
[8] The proud beasts have not trodden it,
Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.
[9] He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock;
He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
[10] He cutteth out channels among the rocks;
And his eye seeth every precious thing.
[11] He bindeth the streams that they trickle not;
And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
[12] But where shall wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
[13] Man knoweth not the price thereof;
Neither is it found in the land of the living.
[14] The deep saith, It is not in me;
And the sea saith, It is not with me.
[15] It cannot be gotten for gold,
Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
[16] It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir,
With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
[17] Gold and glass cannot equal it,
Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
[18] No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal:
Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
[19] The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it,
Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
[20] Whence then cometh wisdom?
And where is the place of understanding?
[21] Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living,
And kept close from the birds of the heavens.
[22] Destruction and Death say,
We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.
[23] God understandeth the way thereof,
And he knoweth the place thereof.
[24] For he looketh to the ends of the earth,
And seeth under the whole heaven;
[25] To make a weight for the wind:
Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.
[26] When he made a decree for the rain,
And a way for the lightning of the thunder;
[27] Then did he see it, and declare it;
He established it, yea, and searched it out.
[28] And unto man he said,
Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.
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