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Job Continues: Where Is Wisdom?
“Surely there is a mine for silver,
and a place for gold that they refine.
“Surely there is a mine for silver,
and a place for gold that they refine.
The Earth's Treasures
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
Iron is taken out of the earth,
and copper is smelted from the ore.
and copper is smelted from the ore.
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
Man puts an end to darkness
and searches out to the farthest limit
the ore in gloom and deep darkness.
and searches out to the farthest limit
the ore in gloom and deep darkness.
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
He opens shafts in a valley away from where anyone lives;
they are forgotten by travelers;
they hang in the air, far away from mankind; they swing to and fro.
they are forgotten by travelers;
they hang in the air, far away from mankind; they swing to and fro.
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
As for the earth, out of it comes bread,
but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
“That path no bird of prey knows,
and the falcon’s eye has not seen it.
and the falcon’s eye has not seen it.
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
The proud beasts have not trodden it;
the lion has not passed over it.
the lion has not passed over it.
The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
“Man puts his hand to the flinty rock
and overturns mountains by the roots.
and overturns mountains by the roots.
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
He cuts out channels in the rocks,
and his eye sees every precious thing.
and his eye sees every precious thing.
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle,
and the thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
and the thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
“But where shall wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
And where is the place of understanding?
Wisdom an Excellent Gift of God
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
Man does not know its worth,
and it is not found in the land of the living.
and it is not found in the land of the living.
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
The deep says, ‘It is not in me,’
and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
It cannot be bought for gold,
and silver cannot be weighed as its price.
and silver cannot be weighed as its price.
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
in precious onyx or sapphire.
in precious onyx or sapphire.
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Gold and glass cannot equal it,
nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal;
the price of wisdom is above pearls.
the price of wisdom is above pearls.
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
nor can it be valued in pure gold.
nor can it be valued in pure gold.
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
“From where, then, does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?
And where is the place of understanding?
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
It is hidden from the eyes of all living
and concealed from the birds of the air.
and concealed from the birds of the air.
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
Abaddon and Death say,
‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
“God understands the way to it,
and he knows its place.
and he knows its place.
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
For he looks to the ends of the earth
and sees everything under the heavens.
and sees everything under the heavens.
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
When he gave to the wind its weight
and apportioned the waters by measure,
and apportioned the waters by measure,
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
when he made a decree for the rain
and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
then he saw it and declared it;
he established it, and searched it out.
he established it, and searched it out.
Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.