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| 28:1 |
"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold to be refined.
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| 28:2 |
Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
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| 28:3 |
Miners put an end to darkness, and search out to the farthest bound the ore in gloom and deep darkness.
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| 28:4 |
They open shafts in a valley away from human habitation; they are forgotten by travelers, they sway suspended, remote from people.
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| 28:5 |
As for the earth, out of it comes bread; but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
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| 28:6 |
Its stones are the place of sapphires, and its dust contains gold.
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| 28:7 |
"That path no bird of prey knows, and the falcon's eye has not seen it.
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| 28:8 |
The proud wild animals have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it.
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| 28:9 |
"They put their hand to the flinty rock, and overturn mountains by the roots.
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| 28:10 |
They cut out channels in the rocks, and their eyes see every precious thing.
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| 28:11 |
The sources of the rivers they probe; hidden things they bring to light.
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| 28:12 |
"But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
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| 28:13 |
Mortals do not know the way to it, and it is not found in the land of the living.
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| 28:14 |
The deep says, 'It is not in me,' and the sea says, 'It is not with me.'
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| 28:15 |
It cannot be gotten for gold, and silver cannot be weighed out as its price.
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| 28:16 |
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
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| 28:17 |
Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
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| 28:18 |
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.
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| 28:19 |
The chrysolite of Ethiopia cannot compare with it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
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| 28:20 |
"Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?
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| 28:21 |
It is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the birds of the air.
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| 28:22 |
Abaddon and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'
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| 28:23 |
"God understands the way to it, and he knows its place.
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| 28:24 |
For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees everything under the heavens.
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| 28:25 |
When he gave to the wind its weight, and apportioned out the waters by measure;
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| 28:26 |
when he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the thunderbolt;
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| 28:27 |
then he saw it and declared it; he established it, and searched it out.
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| 28:28 |
And he said to humankind, 'Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'"
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