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Chapter 28
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Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place
for gold where they fine it. |
2
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Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten
out of the stone. |
3
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He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all
perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of
death. |
4
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The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the
waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they
are gone away from men. |
5
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As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under
it is turned up as it were fire. |
6
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The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it
hath dust of gold. |
7
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There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the
vulture's eye hath not seen: |
8
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The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce
lion passed by it. |
9
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He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth
the mountains by the roots. |
10
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He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye
seeth every precious thing. |
11
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He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing
that is hid bringeth he forth to light. |
12
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But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place
of understanding? |
13
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Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found
in the land of the living. |
14
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The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith,
It is not with me. |
15
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It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver
be weighed for the price thereof. |
16
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It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the
precious onyx, or the sapphire. |
17
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The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange
of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. |
18
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No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for
the price of wisdom is above rubies. |
19
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The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall
it be valued with pure gold. |
20
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Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of
understanding? |
21
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Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept
close from the fowls of the air. |
22
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Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof
with our ears. |
23
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God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the
place thereof. |
24
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For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth
under the whole heaven; |
25
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To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the
waters by measure. |
26
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When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the
lightning of the thunder: |
27
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Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it,
yea, and searched it out. |
28
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And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD,
that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. |
