Job:28

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* For truly there is a source for the silver , and a place for the gold which men refine . * Iron is taken out of the dust , and the stone is melted into copper . * An end doth he set to darkness , and the very utmost limit doth he search out , the stones of darkness , and of the shadow of death . * He breaketh a channel far from the inhabited place ; those of unsteady foot , the poorest of men move . * The earth , out of which cometh forth bread , is under its surface turned up as it were with fire . * Her stones are the place whence the sapphire cometh ; and golden dust is also there ; * path which no bird of prey knoweth , and which the vulture ’s eye hath not surveyed ; * ravenous beasts have never trodden , over which the lion hath never passed . * To the flinty rock he stretcheth forth his hand ; he overturneth the mountains from the root . * Amid rocks he heweth out canals : and every precious thing doth his eye behold . * The various droppings of water he uniteth into streams , and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light . * But wisdom ––where shall she he found ? and where is the place of understanding ? * Man knoweth not her value : and she is not to be found in the land of the living . * The deep saith , Not in me is she : and the sea saith , She is not with me . * No fine gold can be given in lieu of her , and silver cannot be weighed out as her price . * She cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir , with the precious onyx , or the sapphire . * She cannot be estimated after gold and glass ; and not in exchange for her vessels of refined gold * Coral and crystal will not be thought of ; and the value of wisdom is above pearls . * She cannot be estimated after the topaz of Ethiopia , nor can she be valued with pure gold . * But wisdom ––whence cometh she ? and where is the place of understanding ? * Yea , she is hidden from the eyes of all living , and from the fowls of the heavens is she concealed . * Perdition and death say , With our ears have we heard a report of her . * God understandeth her way , and he knoweth her place ; * For he looketh to the ends of the earth , under the whole heaven doth he see . * When he imparted weight unto the wind ; and the waters he established by measure ; * When he made a law for the rain , and a way for the lightning of thunders ; * Then did he see her , and make her known ; he established her , and also searched her out . * And he said unto man , Behold , the fear of the Lord , that is wisdom ; and to eschew evil is understanding .

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