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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 where they fine it.
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
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 earth, and brass 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.
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and 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.
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
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 under it is turned up as it were 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.
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
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 lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
People know how to tear apart flinty rocks
and overturn the roots of mountains.
and overturn the roots of mountains.
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
They cut tunnels in the rocks
and uncover precious stones.
and uncover precious stones.
He cutteth out rivers among 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 floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he 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 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 knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it 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 depth 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.
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
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 cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or 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.
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
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.
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued 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.
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof 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 the place thereof.
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, and 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.
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth 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.
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
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 prepared it, yea, and searched it out.