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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 ground, and rock is poured out as copper. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Far from where people live he sinks a shaft, in places travelers have long forgotten, far from other people he dangles and sways. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The earth, from which food comes, is overturned below as though by fire; |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6a place whose stones are sapphires and which contains dust of gold; |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7a hidden path no bird of prey knows--no falcon's eye has spotted it. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9On the flinty rock man has set to work with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10He has cut out channels through the rocks; his eyes have spotted every precious thing. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11He has searched the sources of the rivers and what was hidden he has brought into the light. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12"But wisdom--where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding? |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The deep says, 'It is not with me.' And the sea says, 'It is not with me.' |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can its price be weighed out in silver. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16It cannot be measured out for purchase with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphires. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Neither gold nor crystal can be compared with it, nor can a vase of gold match its worth. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Of coral and jasper no mention will be made; the price of wisdom is more than pearls. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19The topaz of Cush cannot be compared with it; it cannot be purchased with pure gold. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20"But wisdom--where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding? |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21For it has been hidden from the eyes of every living creature, and from the birds of the sky it has been concealed. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Destruction and Death say, 'With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.' |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23God understands the way to it, and he alone knows its place. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25When he made the force of the wind and measured the waters with a gauge. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26When he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm, |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27then he looked at wisdom and assessed its value; he established it and examined it closely. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28And he said to mankind, 'The fear of the LORD--that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'" |
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