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Job 28:1
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"Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.
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Job 28:2
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Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is smelted out of the ore.
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Job 28:3
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Man sets an end to darkness, And searches out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
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Job 28:4
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He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
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Job 28:5
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As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
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Job 28:6
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Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
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Job 28:7
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That path no bird of prey knows, Neither has the falcon's eye seen it.
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Job 28:8
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The proud animals have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
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Job 28:9
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He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, And he overturns the mountains by the roots.
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Job 28:10
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He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
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Job 28:11
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He binds the streams that they don't trickle; The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.
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Job 28:12
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"But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
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Job 28:13
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Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
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Job 28:14
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The deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'
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Job 28:15
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It can't be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for its price.
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Job 28:16
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It can't be valued with the gold of Ofir, With the precious shoham, or the sappir.
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Job 28:17
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Gold and zekukeet can't equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
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Job 28:18
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No mention shall be made of ra`mah or of gabeesh: Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
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Job 28:19
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The pitdah of Kush shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
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Job 28:20
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Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?
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Job 28:21
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Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the sky.
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Job 28:22
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Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'
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Job 28:23
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"God understands its way, And he knows its place.
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Job 28:24
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For he looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole sky.
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Job 28:25
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He establishes the force of the wind; Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
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Job 28:26
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When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;
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Job 28:27
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Then did he see it, and declare it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
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Job 28:28
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To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"
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