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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Surely 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 ground, and copper is smelted from ore. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3A miner puts an end to the darkness; he probes the deepest recesses for ore in the gloomy darkness. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4He cuts a shaft far from human habitation, in places unknown to those who walk above ground. Suspended far away from people, the miners swing back and forth. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Food may come from the earth, but below the surface the earth is transformed as by fire. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Its rocks are a source of lapis lazuli, 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 walked on it; no lion has ever prowled over it. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9The miner uses a flint tool and turns up ore from the root of the mountains. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10He cuts out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11He dams up the streams from flowing so that he may bring to light what is hidden. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12But where can wisdom be found, and where is understanding located? |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13No one can know its value, since it cannot be found in the land of the living. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The ocean depths say, "It's not in me," while the sea declares, "I don't have it." |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Gold cannot be exchanged for it, and silver cannot be weighed out for its price. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Wisdom cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or lapis lazuli. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Gold and glass do not compare with it, and articles of fine gold cannot be exchanged for it. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Coral and quartz are not worth mentioning. The price of wisdom is beyond pearls. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Topaz from Cush cannot compare with it, and it cannot be valued in pure gold. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Where then does wisdom come from, and where is understanding located? |
| 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 sky. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Abaddon and Death say, "We have heard news of it with our ears." |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23But God understands the way to wisdom, and he knows its location. |
| 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 distributed the water by measure, |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26when he established a limit for the rain and a path for the lightning, |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27he considered wisdom and evaluated it; he established it and examined it. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28He said to mankind, "The fear of the LORD--that is wisdom. And to turn from evil is understanding." |
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