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Job’s Discourse on Wisdom
“Surely there is a mine for silver,
And a place where gold is refined.
“Surely there is a mine for silver,
And a place where gold is refined.
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.
Iron is taken out of the earth,
and copper is smelted from the ore.
and copper is smelted from the ore.
Man puts an end to darkness,
And searches every recess
For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.
And searches every recess
For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.
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 breaks open a shaft away from people;
In places forgotten by feet
They hang far away from men;
They swing to and fro.
In places forgotten by feet
They hang far away from men;
They swing to and fro.
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.
As for the earth, from 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 comes bread,
but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
Its stones are the source of sapphires,
And it contains gold dust.
And it contains gold dust.
That path no bird knows,
Nor has the falcon’s eye seen it.
Nor has the falcon’s eye seen it.
“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.
The proud beasts have not trodden it;
the lion has not passed over it.
the lion has not passed over it.
“Man puts his hand to the flinty rock
and overturns mountains by the roots.
and overturns 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 cuts out channels in the rocks,
and his eye sees every precious thing.
and his eye sees every precious thing.
He dams up the streams from trickling;
What is hidden he brings forth to light.
What is hidden he brings forth to light.
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.
“But where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
And where is the place of understanding?
“But where shall wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
And where is the place of understanding?
Man does not know its value,
Nor is it found in the land of the living.
Nor is it found in the land of the living.
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.
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 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.’
It cannot be purchased for gold,
Nor can silver be weighed for its price.
Nor can silver be weighed for its price.
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 valued in the gold of Ophir,
In precious onyx or sapphire.
In precious onyx or sapphire.
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
in precious onyx or sapphire.
in precious onyx or 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.
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal;
the price of wisdom is above pearls.
the price of wisdom is above pearls.
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 cannot equal it,
nor can it be valued in pure gold.
nor can it be valued in pure gold.
“From where then does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?
And where is the place of understanding?
“From where, then, does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?
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.
Abaddon and Death say,
‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
God understands its way,
And He knows its place.
And He knows its place.
“God understands the way to it,
and he knows its place.
and he knows its place.
For He looks to the ends of the earth,
And sees under the whole heavens,
And sees under the whole heavens,
For he looks to the ends of the earth
and sees everything under the heavens.
and sees everything under the heavens.
To establish a weight for the wind,
And apportion the waters by measure.
And apportion the waters by measure.
When he gave to the wind its weight
and apportioned the waters by measure,
and apportioned the waters by measure,
When He made a law for the rain,
And a path for the thunderbolt,
And a path for the thunderbolt,
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,
then he saw it and declared it;
he established it, and searched it out.
he established it, and searched it out.