1Surely[H3426] there is a vein[H4161] for the silver[H3701], and a place[H4725] for gold[H2091] where they fine[H2212] it.
2Iron[H1270] is taken[H3947] out of the earth[H6083], and brass[H5154] is molten[H6694] out of the stone[H68].
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He setteth[H7760] an end[H7093] to darkness[H2822], and searcheth out[H2713] all perfection[H8503]: the stones[H68] of darkness[H652], and the shadow of death[H6757].
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The flood[H5158] breaketh out[H6555] from the inhabitant[H1481]; even the waters forgotten[H7911] of the foot[H7272]: they are dried up[H1809], they are gone away[H5128] from men[H582].
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As for the earth[H776], out of it cometh[H3318]bread[H3899]: and under it is turned up[H2015] as it were fire[H784].
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The stones[H68] of it are the place[H4725] of sapphires[H5601]: and it hath dust[H6083] of gold[H2091].
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There is a path[H5410] which no fowl[H5861]knoweth[H3045], and which the vulture's eye[H5869] hath not seen[H7805]:
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The lion[H7826]'s whelps[H1121] have not trodden[H1869] it, nor the fierce lion[H7826]passed[H5710] by it.
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He putteth forth[H7971] his hand[H3027] upon the rock[H2496]; he overturneth[H2015] the mountains[H2022] by the roots[H8328].
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He cutteth out[H1234]rivers[H2975] among the rocks[H6697]; and his eye[H5869]seeth[H7200] every precious thing[H3366].
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He bindeth[H2280] the floods[H5104] from overflowing[H1065]; and the thing that is hid[H8587] bringeth he forth[H3318] to light[H216].
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But where[H370] shall wisdom[H2451] be found?[H4672] and where[H370] is the place[H4725] of understanding?[H998]
13Man[H582]knoweth[H3045] not the price[H6187] thereof; neither is it found[H4672] in the land[H776] of the living[H2416].
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The depth[H8415]saith[H559], It is not in me: and the sea[H3220]saith[H559], It is not with me.
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It cannot be gotten[H5414] for gold[H5458], neither shall silver[H3701] be weighed[H8254] for the price[H4242] thereof.
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It cannot be valued[H5541] with the gold[H3800] of Ophir[H211], with the precious[H3368]onyx[H7718], or the sapphire[H5601].
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The gold[H2091] and the crystal[H2137] cannot equal[H6186] it: and the exchange[H8545] of it shall not be for jewels[H3627] of fine gold[H6337].
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No mention[H2142] shall be made of coral[H7215], or of pearls[H1378]: for the price[H4901] of wisdom[H2451] is above rubies[H6443].
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The topaz[H6357] of Ethiopia[H3568] shall not equal[H6186] it, neither shall it be valued[H5541] with pure[H2889]gold[H3800].
20Whence[H370] then cometh[H935]wisdom?[H2451] and where is the place[H4725] of understanding?[H998]
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Seeing it is hid[H5956] from the eyes[H5869] of all living[H2416], and kept close[H5641] from the fowls[H5775] of the air[H8064].
22Destruction[H11] and death[H4194]say[H559], We have heard[H8085] the fame[H8088] thereof with our ears[H241].
23God[H430]understandeth[H995] the way[H1870] thereof, and he knoweth[H3045] the place[H4725] thereof.
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For he looketh[H5027] to the ends[H7098] of the earth[H776], and seeth[H7200] under the whole heaven[H8064];
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To make[H6213] the weight[H4948] for the winds[H7307]; and he weigheth[H8505] the waters[H4325] by measure[H4060].
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When he made[H6213] a decree[H2706] for the rain[H4306], and a way[H1870] for the lightning[H2385] of the thunder[H6963]:
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Then did he see[H7200] it, and declare[H5608] it; he prepared[H3559] it, yea, and searched it out[H2713].
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And unto man[H120] he said[H559], Behold, the fear[H3374] of the Lord[H136], that is wisdom[H2451]; and to depart[H5493] from evil[H7451] is understanding[H998].