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Job - ch 28 v 1 - 20
- Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;
- Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.
- Man putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.
- He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants of the earth: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover.
- As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire;
- The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
- It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;
- The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed over it.
- Man putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root.
- He cutteth out channels in the rocks, and his eye seeth every precious thing.
- He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.
- But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding?
- Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.
- The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
- Choice gold cannot be given for it, nor silver be weighed for its price.
- It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire.
- Gold and glass cannot be compared to it, nor vessels of fine gold be its exchange.
- Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.
- The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold.
- Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
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