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Bishops' Bible of 1568
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1 There is a place wher siluer is brought out of, and where golde is tryed, “Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold that they refine. There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
2 Where yron is digged out of the grounde, & stones resolued to metall. Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from the ore. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
3 The darkenesse shall once come to an ende: he can seke out the grounde of all thinges, the stones, the darke, and the shadowe of death. Man puts an end to darkness and searches out to the farthest limit the ore in gloom and deep darkness. Mortals put an end to the darkness; they search out the farthest recesses for ore in the blackest darkness.
4 He causeth the fluddes to breake out against the inhabitant, and the waters forgotten of the foote, beyng hygher then man, are gone away. He opens shafts in a valley away from where anyone lives; they are forgotten by travelers; they hang in the air, far away from mankind; they swing to and fro. Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft, in places untouched by human feet; far from other people they dangle and sway.
5 Out of the same earth commeth bread, and vnder it as it were fire is turned vp. As for the earth, out of it comes bread, but underneath it is turned up as by fire. The earth, from which food comes, is transformed below as by fire;
6 The stones of it are a place of Saphires, and the dust of it is golde. Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold. lapis lazuli comes from its rocks, and its dust contains nuggets of gold.
7 There is a way that the birdes knowe not, that no vultures eye hath seene: “That path no bird of prey knows, and the falcon’s eye has not seen it. No bird of prey knows that hidden path, no falcon’s eye has seen it.
8 Wherin the lions whelpes walke not, and where no lion commeth. The proud beasts have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it. Proud beasts do not set foot on it, and no lion prowls there.
9 There putteth he his hande vpon the stonie rockes, and ouerthroweth the mountaynes by the rootes. “Man puts his hand to the flinty rock and overturns mountains by the roots. People assault the flinty rock with their hands and lay bare the roots of the mountains.
10 Riuers flowe out of the rockes, & loke what is pleasaunt, his eye seeth it. He cuts out channels in the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing. They tunnel through the rock; their eyes see all its treasures.
11 He bindeth the fluddes that they do not ouerflow: and the thing that is hid bringeth he to light. He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hidden he brings out to light. They search the sources of the rivers and bring hidden things to light.
12 Where then is wysdome founde? and where is the place of vnderstanding? “But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?
13 Ueryly no man can tell howe worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue. Man does not know its worth, and it is not found in the land of the living. No mortal comprehends its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.
14 The deepe sayth, She is not in me: the sea sayth, She is not with me. The deep says, ‘It is not in me,’ and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’ The deep says, “It is not in me|; the sea says, “It is not with me.”
15 She can not be gotten for golde, neither may the price of her be bought with any siluer. It cannot be bought for gold, and silver cannot be weighed as its price. It cannot be bought with the finest gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
16 No wedges of gold of Ophir, no precious Onix stones, no Saphires may be valued with her. It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire. It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
17 No, neither golde nor christall shall be equall vnto it, nor her exchaunge shalbe for the plate of fine golde. Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can it be had for jewels of gold.
18 No mention shalbe made of Corall nor of the Gabis: for wisdome is more precious then pearles. No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls. Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
19 The Topas of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure golde. The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, nor can it be valued in pure gold. The topaz of Cush cannot compare with it; it cannot be bought with pure gold.
20 Whence then commeth wysdome? and where is the place of vnderstanding? “From where, then, does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding? Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?
21 She is hid from the eyes of all men liuing, yea & from the foules of the ayre. It is hidden from the eyes of all living and concealed from the birds of the air. It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds in the sky.
22 Destruction and death say, We haue hearde the fame therof with our eares. Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’ Destruction and Death say, “Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.”
23 But God seeth her way, and knoweth her place. “God understands the way to it, and he knows its place. God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells,
24 For he beholdeth the endes of the worlde, and loketh vpon all that is vnder heauen. For he looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens. for he views the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
25 When he wayed the windes and measured the waters: When he gave to the wind its weight and apportioned the waters by measure, When he established the force of the wind and measured out the waters,
26 When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightninges of the thunder: when he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder, when he made a decree for the rain and a path for the thunderstorm,
27 Then dyd he see her, then declared he her, prepared her, and knewe her. then he saw it and declared it; he established it, and searched it out. then he looked at wisdom and appraised it; he confirmed it and tested it.
28 And vnto man he sayd: To feare the Lorde is wysdome, and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding. And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’” And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”
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