Job:28:12-28
rsv@Job:28:12 @ "But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
rsv@Job:28:13 @ Man does not know the way to it, and it is not found in the land of the living.
rsv@Job:28:14 @ The deep says, `It is not in me,' and the sea says, `It is not with me.'
rsv@Job:28:15 @ It cannot be gotten for gold, and silver cannot be weighed as its price.
rsv@Job:28:16 @ It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
rsv@Job:28:17 @ Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
rsv@Job:28:18 @ No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.
rsv@Job:28:19 @ The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare with it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
rsv@Job:28:20 @ "Whence then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
rsv@Job:28:21 @ It is hid from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the birds of the air.
rsv@Job:28:22 @ Abaddon and Death say, `e have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'
rsv@Job:28:23 @ "God understands the way to it, and he knows its place.
rsv@Job:28:24 @ For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees everything under the heavens.
rsv@Job:28:25 @ When he gave to the wind its weight, and meted out the waters by measure;
rsv@Job:28:26 @ when he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder;
rsv@Job:28:27 @ then he saw it and declared it; he established it, and searched it out.
rsv@Job:28:28 @ And he said to man, `ehold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'+"
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