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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData `Man' setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it: |
| 8 |
fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby. |
| 9 |
fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots. |
| 10 |
fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData He cutteth out channels among the rocks; And his eye seeth every precious thing. |
| 11 |
fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding? |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof. |
| 24 |
fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven; |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure. |
| 26 |
fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder; |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2AmerStd_Bible_EN:TextData And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding. |
