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Job|28:1|-|There is certainly a mine for silver,And a place for gold to be |a|refined.
Job|28:2|-|Iron is taken out of the earth,And copper is smelted from rock.
Job|28:3|-|The miner sets an end to the darkness,And to the very end he searches out
The stones of deep darkness and of |1|gloom.
Job|28:4|-|He breaks open a shaft apart from where men dwell;They are forgotten by the foot;
They are suspended apart from men, they sway about.
Job|28:5|-|The earth—from it comes forth |a|food,Yet underneath it, it is turned up as it were by fire.
Job|28:6|-|Its stones are the place of sapphires,And its dust has gold.
Job|28:7|-|It is a path known by no bird of prey,And the falcon’s eye has not seen it.
Job|28:8|-|The proud beasts have not trodden it;The fierce lion does not pass along it.
Job|28:9|-||1|The miner sends forth his hand into the flinty rock;He overturns the mountains by its roots.
Job|28:10|-|He cuts out channels in the rocks,And his eye sees every precious thing.
Job|28:11|-|He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle,And that which is hidden he |a|brings out to the light.
Job|28:12|-||a|But where shall wisdom be found?And where is the place of understanding?
Job|28:13|-|Man does not know its price,Nor is it found in the land of the living.
Job|28:14|-|The deep says, It is not in me;And the sea says, It is not with me.
Job|28:15|-|Rare gold cannot be given for it,Nor can silver be weighed out for its price.
Job|28:16|-|It cannot be balanced with the gold of Ophir,With precious onyx or with sapphire.
Job|28:17|-|Gold and glass cannot compare with it,Nor can vessels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
Job|28:18|-|Coral and crystal cannot be mentioned with it;Indeed the acquisition of |a|wisdom is above that of pearls.
Job|28:19|-|The topaz of |1|Cush cannot compare with it,Nor can it be balanced with pure gold.
Job|28:20|-||a|From where then does wisdom come?And where is the place of understanding?
Job|28:21|-|For it is hidden from the eyes of all livingAnd concealed from the birds of heaven.
Job|28:22|-||1|Abaddon and Death say,We have heard a report of it with our ears.
Job|28:23|-|God understands the way to it;He knows its place.
Job|28:24|-|For He sees to the ends of the earth;He beholds all that is under heaven.
Job|28:25|-|When He gave weight to the windAnd apportioned the water by measure,
Job|28:26|-|When He made a decree for the rainAnd a way for the thunderbolt;
Job|28:27|-|Then He saw it and declared it;He established it and even searched it out.
Job|28:28|-|And He said to man,Indeed, the |a|fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.
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