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Job - ch 28 v 1 - 20
- Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.
- Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.
- `Man' setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
- He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
- As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
- The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.
- That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:
- The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.
- He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
- He cutteth out channels among the rocks; And his eye seeth every precious thing.
- He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
- But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
- Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
- The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.
- It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
- It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
- No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
- The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
- Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
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