Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
“
Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where
gold is
refined
.
Surely there is a mine for silver ,
And a place for
gold which
they
refine
.
Iron is taken from
the earth, and copper is smelted
from
ore
.
Iron is taken out
of
the earth, And copper is molten
out
of
the
stone
.
Man puts
an end to the
darkness ;
he
probes
the farthest
recesses
for
ore
in
deepest
darkness.
`
Man '
setteth
an end to darkness ,
And
searcheth
out,
to
the furthest
bound,
The
stones
of
obscurity
and
of
thick
darkness.
Far
from
human
habitation
he cuts
a shaft in
places
forgotten by
the foot of
man.
Far
from men he
dangles
and sways
.
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
.
Food
may
come
from
the earth, but
from
below
it is transformed
as by fire.
As
for
the earth, out
of
it cometh
bread;
And
underneath
it
is turned
up
as it
were
by fire.
Its
rocks
are the source
of sapphires, containing
flecks
of gold.
The
stones
thereof
are the place
of sapphires, And
it
hath
dust
of gold.
No bird of prey knows
that
path;
no
falcon’s
eye has
seen it .
That
path
no bird of prey knoweth,
Neither
hath
the
falcon's
eye seen it :
Proud beasts have never
trodden it ;
no
lion has
ever
prowled
over
it
.
The
proud beasts have not
trodden it ,
Nor
hath
the
fierce
lion passed
thereby
.
The
miner
strikes
the flint
; he overturns
mountains at
their
base
.
He
putteth
forth
his
hand
upon
the flinty
rock
; He overturneth
the
mountains by
the
roots
.
He hews
out channels in
the rocks ,
and his eyes
spot
every treasure
.
He cutteth
out channels among
the rocks ;
And his eye
seeth
every precious
thing
.
He stops
up
the
sources
of
the streams to
bring
what
is hidden
to light.
He bindeth
the streams that
they
trickle
not;
And
the
thing
that
is hid
bringeth
he
forth
to light.
But where can
wisdom be found ,
and where does
understanding dwell
?
But where shall
wisdom be found ?
And where is
the
place
of
understanding?
No
man can
know
its
value,
nor
is it found in the land of the living.
Man knoweth
not
the
price
thereof;
Neither
is it found in the land of the living.
The ocean
depths
say
, ‘
It is not in me ,’
while
the sea declares
, ‘
It is not with me. ’
The deep
saith
, It is not in me ;
And
the sea saith
, It is not with me.
It cannot be bought
with
gold, nor
can
its
price
be weighed out
in
silver
.
It cannot be gotten
for
gold, Neither
shall
silver
be weighed for
the
price
thereof
.
It cannot be valued in
the gold of Ophir, in
precious onyx or sapphire.
It cannot be valued with
the gold of Ophir, With
the
precious onyx ,
or the
sapphire.
Neither
gold nor
crystal
can
compare
to
it, nor
jewels of fine gold be
exchanged
for
it
.
Gold and
glass
cannot
equal
it, Neither
shall
it
be
exchanged
for
jewels of fine gold.
Coral and
quartz
are
unworthy
of mention;
the price of wisdom is beyond
rubies.
No
mention
shall
be
made
of
coral or
of crystal:
Yea,
the price of wisdom is above
rubies.
Topaz from
Cush
cannot
compare
to
it, nor
can
it be valued in
pure gold.
The
topaz of
Ethiopia
shall
not
equal
it, Neither
shall
it be valued with
pure gold.
From
where
then does
wisdom come,
and where does
understanding dwell
?
Whence
then cometh
wisdom ?
And where is
the
place
of
understanding?
It is hidden
from the eyes of every
living thing
and concealed
from the birds of the air
.
Seeing
it is hid
from the eyes of all
living ,
And kept
close
from the birds of the heavens
.
Abaddon
and Death say, ‘
We have heard a rumor about
it
. ’
Destruction
and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof
with
our
ears
.
But
God understands
its
way, and He knows
its
place.
God understandeth
the
way thereof
, And he knoweth
the
place thereof
.
For He looks
to the ends of the earth and sees
everything
under the heavens.
For he looketh
to the ends of the earth ,
And seeth
under the whole
heaven;
When
God
fixed
the
weight of
the wind and
measured
out the waters ,
To
make
a
weight for
the wind :
Yea,
he
meteth
out the waters by
measure.
when He set
a limit
for the rain and a path
for the thunderbolt,
When he made
a decree
for the rain ,
And a way
for the lightning
of
the
thunder;
then He looked
at
wisdom
and appraised
it; He established it and searched it out.
Then did
he see
it,
and declare
it; He established it ,
yea,
and searched it out.
And He said to
man
, ‘
Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom ,
and to turn
away
from evil is understanding. ’”
And unto
man
he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom ;
And to depart
from evil is understanding.
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