Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
“
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 smelted out
of
the
ore.
Man puts
an end to the
darkness ;
he
probes
the farthest
recesses
for
ore
in
deepest
darkness.
Man sets
an end to darkness ,
And
searches
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 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
.
Food
may
come
from
the earth, but
from
below
it is transformed
as by fire.
As
for
the earth, out
of
it comes
bread;
Underneath
it
is turned
up
as it
were
by fire.
Its rocks are
the
source
of
sapphires,
containing
flecks
of gold.
Sapphires
come
from
its rocks .
It
has
dust
of gold.
No bird of prey knows that
path;
no
falcon’s
eye
has seen it.
That
path
no bird of prey knows ,
Neither
has the
falcon's
eye
seen it.
Proud beasts
have never
trodden it ;
no
lion
has ever
prowled
over
it
.
The
proud animals
have not
trodden it ,
Nor
has the
fierce
lion
passed
by
there
.
The
miner
strikes
the flint;
he overturns mountains at
their
base
.
He
puts
forth
his
hand
on
the flinty
rock,
And
he overturns the
mountains by
the
roots
.
He hews
out channels in
the rocks ,
and
his eyes
spot
every treasure
.
He cuts
out channels among
the rocks .
His eye
sees
every precious
thing
.
He stops
up
the
sources
of
the streams to
bring
what
is hidden to light.
He binds
the streams that
they
don't
trickle;
The
thing
that
is hidden he
brings
forth
to light.
But where can
wisdom be found ,
and
where does
understanding dwell
?
"
But where shall
wisdom be found ?
Where is
the
place
of
understanding?
No
man can
know its value,
nor
is it found in the land of the living.
Man doesn't
know its price;
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
says
, '
It isn't
in me .'
The sea says
, '
It isn't
with me. '
It cannot
be bought
with
gold, nor
can
its
price
be weighed out
in
silver
.
It can't
be gotten
for
gold, Neither
shall
silver
be weighed for
its
price
.
It cannot
be valued in
the gold of Ophir, in
precious onyx or sapphire.
It can't
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
can't
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:
Yes,
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 comes
wisdom ?
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 hidden from the eyes of all
living ,
And kept
close
from the birds of the sky
.
Abaddon
and Death say, ‘
We have heard a rumor about
it. ’
Destruction
and Death say, '
We have heard a rumor of
it with
our
ears
. '
But
God understands its way, and He knows its place.
"
God understands its way, And he knows its place.
For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything
under the heavens
.
For he looks to the ends of the earth ,
And sees under the whole
sky
.
When
God
fixed
the weight
of the wind and
measured
out the waters ,
He
establishes
the force
of the wind ;
Yes,
he
measures
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 ,
yes,
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. ’”
To man he
said
, '
Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom .
To depart
from evil is understanding. '"
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