| NET Bible | King James Bible |
| 1"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. | 1Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. |
| 2Iron is taken from the ground, and rock is poured out as copper. | 2Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. |
| 3Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness. | 3He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. |
| 4Far from where people live he sinks a shaft, in places travelers have long forgotten, far from other people he dangles and sways. | 4The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. |
| 5The earth, from which food comes, is overturned below as though by fire; | 5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. |
| 6a place whose stones are sapphires and which contains dust of gold; | 6The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. |
| 7a hidden path no bird of prey knows--no falcon's eye has spotted it. | 7There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen: |
| 8Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it. | 8The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. |
| 9On the flinty rock man has set to work with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases. | 9He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. |
| 10He has cut out channels through the rocks; his eyes have spotted every precious thing. | 10He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. |
| 11He has searched the sources of the rivers and what was hidden he has brought into the light. | 11He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. |
| 12"But wisdom--where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding? | 12But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? |
| 13Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living. | 13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. |
| 14The deep says, 'It is not with me.' And the sea says, 'It is not with me.' | 14The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. |
| 15Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can its price be weighed out in silver. | 15It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. |
| 16It cannot be measured out for purchase with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphires. | 16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. |
| 17Neither gold nor crystal can be compared with it, nor can a vase of gold match its worth. | 17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. |
| 18Of coral and jasper no mention will be made; the price of wisdom is more than pearls. | 18No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. |
| 19The topaz of Cush cannot be compared with it; it cannot be purchased with pure gold. | 19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. |
| 20"But wisdom--where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding? | 20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? |
| 21For it has been hidden from the eyes of every living creature, and from the birds of the sky it has been concealed. | 21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. |
| 22Destruction and Death say, 'With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.' | 22Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. |
| 23God understands the way to it, and he alone knows its place. | 23God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. |
| 24For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens. | 24For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; |
| 25When he made the force of the wind and measured the waters with a gauge. | 25To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. |
| 26When he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm, | 26When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: |
| 27then he looked at wisdom and assessed its value; he established it and examined it closely. | 27Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. |
| 28And he said to mankind, 'The fear of the LORD--that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'" | 28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. |
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