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Job - ch 28 v 1 - 20
- Silver hath beginnings of its veins, and gold hath a place wherein it is melted.
- Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.
- He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death.
- The flood divideth from the people that are on their journey, those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at.
- The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.
- The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.
- The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it.
- The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither hath the lioness passed by it.
- He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots.
- In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing.
- The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.
- But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?
- Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.
- The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me.
- The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it
- It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.
- Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.
- High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.
- The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.
- Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
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