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Job Speaks of Wisdom and Understanding
“People know where to mine silver
and how to refine gold.
“People know where to mine silver
and how to refine gold.
The Earth's Treasures
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;
They know where to dig iron from the earth
and how to smelt copper from rock.
and how to smelt copper from rock.
Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.
They know how to shine light in the darkness
and explore the farthest regions of the earth
as they search in the dark for ore.
and explore the farthest regions of the earth
as they search in the dark for ore.
[Man] putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.
They sink a mine shaft into the earth
far from where anyone lives.
They descend on ropes, swinging back and forth.
far from where anyone lives.
They descend on ropes, swinging back and forth.
He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants [of the earth]: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover.
Food is grown on the earth above,
but down below, the earth is melted as by fire.
but down below, the earth is melted as by fire.
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire;
Here the rocks contain precious lapis lazuli,
and the dust contains gold.
and the dust contains gold.
The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
These are treasures no bird of prey can see,
no falcon’s eye observe.
no falcon’s eye observe.
It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;
No wild animal has walked upon these treasures;
no lion has ever set his paw there.
no lion has ever set his paw there.
The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed over it.
People know how to tear apart flinty rocks
and overturn the roots of mountains.
and overturn the roots of mountains.
[Man] putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root.
They cut tunnels in the rocks
and uncover precious stones.
and uncover precious stones.
He cutteth out channels in the rocks, and his eye seeth every precious thing.
They dam up the trickling streams
and bring to light the hidden treasures.
and bring to light the hidden treasures.
He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.
“But do people know where to find wisdom?
Where can they find understanding?
Where can they find understanding?
Wisdom an Excellent Gift of God
But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding?
But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding?
Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.
‘It is not here,’ says the ocean.
‘Nor is it here,’ says the sea.
‘Nor is it here,’ says the sea.
The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
It cannot be bought with gold.
It cannot be purchased with silver.
It cannot be purchased with silver.
Choice gold cannot be given for it, nor silver be weighed for its price.
It’s worth more than all the gold of Ophir,
greater than precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
greater than precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire.
Wisdom is more valuable than gold and crystal.
It cannot be purchased with jewels mounted in fine gold.
It cannot be purchased with jewels mounted in fine gold.
Gold and glass cannot be compared to it, nor vessels of fine gold be its exchange.
Coral and jasper are worthless in trying to get it.
The price of wisdom is far above rubies.
The price of wisdom is far above rubies.
Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold.
“But do people know where to find wisdom?
Where can they find understanding?
Where can they find understanding?
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
It is hidden from the eyes of all humanity.
Even the sharp-eyed birds in the sky cannot discover it.
Even the sharp-eyed birds in the sky cannot discover it.
For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.
Destruction and death say, We have heard its report with our ears.
“God alone understands the way to wisdom;
he knows where it can be found,
he knows where it can be found,
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth its place:
for he looks throughout the whole earth
and sees everything under the heavens.
and sees everything under the heavens.
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, he seeth under the whole heaven.
He decided how hard the winds should blow
and how much rain should fall.
and how much rain should fall.
In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure,
He made the laws for the rain
and laid out a path for the lightning.
and laid out a path for the lightning.
In appointing a statute for the rain, and a way for the thunder's flash:
Then he saw wisdom and evaluated it.
He set it in place and examined it thoroughly.
He set it in place and examined it thoroughly.
Then did he see it, and declare it; he established it, yea, and searched it out;