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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell? |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’ |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell? |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’ |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23But God understands its way, and He knows its place. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters, |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt, |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’ ” |
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