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