Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
“
Surely there is a
mine
for silver and a place where
gold is
refined.
Surely there is for silver a
source,
And a place for
the
gold they
refine;
Iron is
taken
from the earth
, and copper
is
smelted
from ore
.
Iron from the dust
is
taken
, And `
from '
the
firm
stone
brass
.
Man
puts
an end to the
darkness ;
he probes
the
farthest
recesses
for
ore
in
deepest
darkness.
An end hath
he
set
to darkness ,
And
to
all
perfection
he is
searching,
A
stone
of
darkness and
death-shade
.
Far
from human
habitation
he
cuts
a shaft
in
places
forgotten by
the foot of
man.
Far
from men
he
dangles
and
sways
.
A
stream
hath
broken
out
from a sojourner,
Those
forgotten of
the foot ,
They
were
low,
from man
they
wandered
.
Food
may
come
from
the earth ,
but
from below
it is transformed
as
by
fire.
The earth !
from it cometh
forth
bread,
And
its
under-part
is turned
like
fire.
Its
rocks
are
the
source
of sapphires
, containing
flecks
of gold.
A
place
of the
sapphire
`are'
its
stones
, And
it
hath
dust
of gold.
No
bird
of
prey
knows
that
path ;
no
falcon’s
eye
has
seen
it .
A
path --
not
known
it hath
a
ravenous
fowl,
Nor
scorched
it
hath
an
eye
of
the
kite,
Proud
beasts
have
never
trodden it ;
no
lion
has
ever
prowled
over it.
Nor
trodden it have
the
sons
of
pride,
Not
passed
over it hath
the
fierce
lion
.
The
miner
strikes
the flint ;
he overturns
mountains at
their
base
.
Against
the flint he sent
forth
his
hand,
He
overturned
from
the
root
mountains.
He
hews
out
channels
in
the
rocks, and his
eyes
spot
every treasure
.
Among
rocks, brooks
he
hath
cleaved,
And every precious
thing
hath
his
eye
seen
.
He stops
up
the
sources
of
the streams
to
bring
what
is
hidden to light.
From
overflowing
floods
he hath
bound,
And
the hidden thing
bringeth
out
`
to '
light.
But
where
can
wisdom be
found ,
and where does
understanding dwell
?
And
the
wisdom --
whence
is
it
found ?
And where `is'
this,
the
place
of
understanding?
No
man can
know
its value
, nor is it found in the land of the living.
Man hath
not
known
its arrangement
, Nor 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
hath
said
, `
It `
is '
not in me, '
And
the sea hath
said
, `
It is not with me. '
It
cannot
be
bought
with
gold, nor can
its price be
weighed
out
in
silver
.
Gold is
not
given
for
it
, Nor is
silver
weighed
--
its price.
It cannot
be
valued in
the
gold of Ophir, in
precious onyx or
sapphire .
It is
not
valued with
pure
gold of Ophir, With
precious onyx and
sapphire ,
Neither
gold nor
crystal can
compare
to
it
, nor jewels
of fine gold be
exchanged
for
it
.
Not
equal
it
do
gold and
crystal, Nor `is'
its
exchange
a
vessel
of fine gold.
Coral
and quartz
are unworthy
of
mention;
the price
of wisdom is beyond
rubies.
Corals
and pearl
are not
remembered,
The acquisition
of wisdom `
is '
above
rubies.
Topaz from
Cush cannot
compare
to
it
, nor
can
it
be
valued
in
pure gold.
Not
equal
it
doth
the
topaz of
Cush, With
pure gold it
is
not
valued
.
From
where
then
does
wisdom come ,
and where does
understanding dwell
?
And
the
wisdom --
whence
doth
it
come ?
And where `is'
this,
the
place
of
understanding?
It is
hidden
from the eyes of every
living thing
and concealed
from the birds
of the air
.
It hath
been
hid
from the eyes of all
living .
And from the fowl
of the heavens
It
hath
been
hidden
.
Abaddon
and Death say,
‘
We have heard a
rumor
about
it
. ’
Destruction
and death have
said:
`With
our
ears
we have heard its
fame
. '
But
God understands
its way, and He knows
its place.
God hath
understood
its way, And He hath
known
its place.
For He looks
to the ends of the earth and
sees
everything
under the heavens .
For He to the ends of the earth doth
look,
Under the whole
heavens He
doth
see,
When
God
fixed
the
weight
of
the wind and measured
out
the waters ,
To
make
for
the wind a
weight,
And the waters He
meted
out
in
measure.
when
He
set
a
limit
for the rain and a path
for the thunderbolt
,
In
His
making
for the rain a
limit,
And a way
for the brightness
of
the
voices
,
then He looked
at
wisdom
and appraised
it ;
He established
it and searched it out .
Then He hath
seen
and declareth
it ,
He hath
prepared
it ,
and also
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 He saith
to man :
--
`Lo
, fear of the Lord, that `
is '
wisdom, And to turn from evil `
is '
understanding. '
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