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Job - ch 28 v 1 - 20
- Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine;
- Iron from the dust is taken, And `from' the firm stone brass.
- An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.
- A stream hath broken out from a sojourner, Those forgotten of the foot, They were low, from man they wandered.
- The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire.
- A place of the sapphire `are' its stones, And it hath dust of gold.
- A path -- not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,
- Nor trodden it have the sons of pride, Not passed over it hath the fierce lion.
- Against the flint he sent forth his hand, He overturned from the root mountains.
- Among rocks, brooks he hath cleaved, And every precious thing hath his eye seen.
- From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out `to' light.
- And the wisdom -- whence is it found? And where `is' this, the place of understanding?
- Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living.
- The deep hath said, `It `is' not in me,' And the sea hath said, `It is not with me.'
- Gold is not given for it, Nor is silver weighed -- its price.
- It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire,
- Not equal it do gold and crystal, Nor `is' its exchange a vessel of fine gold.
- Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom `is' above rubies.
- Not equal it doth the topaz of Cush, With pure gold it is not valued.
- And the wisdom -- whence doth it come? And where `is' this, the place of understanding?
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