Job 28

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¹ Silver has its mines, and gold a place for refining.	¹ "Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
² Iron is extracted from the earth, the smelted rocks yield copper.	² Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from the ore.
³ Man makes an end of darkness, to the utmost limit he digs the black rock in shadow dark as death.	³ Men put an end to darkness, and search out to the farthest bound the ore in gloom and deep darkness.
⁴ Foreigners bore into ravines in unfrequented places, swinging suspended far from human beings.	⁴ They open shafts in a valley away from where men live; they are forgotten by travelers, they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
⁵ That earth from which bread comes is ravaged underground by fire.	⁵ As for the earth, out of it comes bread; but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
⁶ There, the rocks have veins of sapphire and their dust contains gold.	⁶ Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
⁷ That is a path unknown to birds of prey, unseen by the eye of any vulture;	⁷ "That path no bird of prey knows, and the falcon's eye has not seen it.
⁸ a path not trodden by the lordly beasts, where no lion ever walked.	⁸ The proud beasts have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it.
⁹ Man attacks the flint, upturning mountains by their roots.	⁹ "Man puts his hand to the flinty rock, and overturns mountains by the roots.
¹⁰ He cuts canals through the rock, on the watch for anything precious.	¹⁰ He cuts out channels in the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing.
¹¹ He explores the sources of rivers, bringing hidden things to light.	¹¹ He binds up the streams so that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hid he brings forth to light.
¹² But where does Wisdom come from? Where is Intel igence to be found?	¹² "But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
¹³ No human being knows the way to her, she is not to be found on earth where they live.	¹³ Man does not know the way to it, and it is not found in the land of the living.
¹⁴ 'She is not in me,' says the Abyss; 'Nor here,' replies the Sea.	¹⁴ The deep says, 'It is not in me,' and the sea says, 'It is not with me.'
¹⁵ She cannot be bought with solid gold, nor paid for with any weight of silver,	¹⁵ It cannot be gotten for gold, and silver cannot be weighed as its price.
¹⁶ nor valued against gold of Ophir, precious agate or sapphire.	¹⁶ It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
¹⁷ Neither gold nor glass compares with her, for her, a vase of fine gold would be no exchange,	¹⁷ Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
¹⁸ let alone coral or crystal: better go fishing for Wisdom than for pearls!	¹⁸ No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.
¹⁹ Topaz from Cush is worthless in comparison, and gold, even refined, is valueless.	¹⁹ The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare with it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
²⁰ But where does Wisdom come from? Where is Intel igence to be found?	²⁰ "Whence then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
²¹ She cannot be seen by any living creature, she is hidden from the birds of the sky.	²¹ It is hid from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the birds of the air.
²² Perdition and Death both say, 'We have heard only rumours of her.'	²² Abaddon and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'
²³ God alone understands her path and knows where she is to be found.	²³ "God understands the way to it, and he knows its place.
²⁴ (For he sees to the remotest parts of the earth, and observes al that lies under heaven.)	²⁴ For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees everything under the heavens.
²⁵ When he wil ed to give weight to the wind and measured out the waters with a gauge,	²⁵ When he gave to the wind its weight, and meted out the waters by measure;
²⁶ when he imposed a law on the rain and mapped a route for thunderclaps to fol ow,	²⁶ when he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder;
²⁷ then he saw and evaluated her, looked her through and through, assessing her.	²⁷ then he saw it and declared it; he established it, and searched it out.
²⁸ Then he said to human beings, 'Wisdom? - that is fear of the Lord; Intel igence? - avoidance of evil.'	²⁸ And he said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'"

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