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1 Surely there is a mine for silver,
And a place for gold which they refine.
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2 Iron is taken out of the earth,
And copper is molten out of the stone.
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3 Man setteth an end to darkness,
And searcheth out, to the furthest bound,
The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
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4 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.
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5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread;
And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
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6 The stones thereof are the place of sapphires,
And it hath dust of gold.
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7 That path no bird of prey knoweth,
Neither hath the falcon’s eye seen it:
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8 The proud beasts have not trodden it,
Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.
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9 He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock;
He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
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10 He cutteth out channels among the rocks;
And his eye seeth every precious thing.
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11 He bindeth the streams that they trickle not;
And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
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12 But where shall wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
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13 Man knoweth not the price thereof;
Neither is it found in the land of the living.
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14 The deep saith, It is not in me;
And the sea saith, It is not with me.
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15 It cannot be gotten for gold,
Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
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16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir,
With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
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17 Gold and glass cannot equal it,
Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
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18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal:
Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
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19 The topaz of Cush shall not equal it,
Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
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20 Whence then cometh wisdom?
And where is the place of understanding?
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21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living,
And kept close from the birds of the heavens.
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22 Destruction and Death say,
We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.
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23 God understandeth the way thereof,
And he knoweth the place thereof.
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24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth,
And seeth under the whole heavens;
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25 To make a weight for the wind:
Yes, he meteth out the waters by measure.
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26 When he made a decree for the rain,
And a way for the lightning of the thunder;
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27 Then did he see it, and declare it;
He established it, yes, and searched it out.
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28 And unto men he said,
Behold, the fear of Jehovah, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding. |
The fear of the Lord – The reverence of the Lord. R1518:2, R5952:5
Some are disposed to speak jestingly of the Lord and the scriptures. This is a dangerous practice. R5952:5
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