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1. "There are mines where people get silver and places where people melt gold to make it pure.
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1. Surely H3588 there is H3426 a vein H4161 for the silver H3701 , and a place H4725 for gold H2091 where they fine H2212 it .
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2. Iron is dug out of the ground, and copper is melted out of the rocks.
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2. Iron H1270 is taken H3947 out of the earth H4480 H6083 , and brass H5154 is molten H6694 out of the stone H68 .
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3. Miners carry lights deep into caves to search for these rocks in the deepest darkness.
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3. He setteth H7760 an end H7093 to darkness H2822 , and searcheth out H2713 H1931 all H3605 perfection H8503 : the stones H68 of darkness H652 , and the shadow of death H6757 .
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4. Far from where people live, they dig deep into the ground, down where no one else has been before. There they work all alone, hanging from ropes.
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4. The flood H5158 breaketh out H6555 from H4480 H5973 the inhabitant H1481 ; even the waters forgotten H7911 of H4480 the foot H7272 : they are dried up H1809 , they are gone away H5128 from men H4480 H582 .
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5. Food grows on the ground above. But underground it is different, as if everything were melted by fire.
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5. As for the earth H776 , out of H4480 it cometh H3318 bread H3899 : and under H8478 it is turned up H2015 as it were H3644 fire H784 .
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6. In the rocks there are sapphires and grains of pure gold.
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6. The stones H68 of it are the place H4725 of sapphires H5601 : and it hath dust H6083 of gold H2091 .
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7. Wild birds know nothing about the way to these places. No falcon has ever seen it.
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7. There is a path H5410 which no H3808 fowl H5861 knoweth H3045 , and which the vulture H344 's eye H5869 hath not H3808 seen H7805 :
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8. Wild animals have never been there. Lions have not traveled that way.
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8. The lion H7830 's whelps H1121 have not H3808 trodden H1869 it, nor H3808 the fierce lion H7826 passed H5710 by H5921 it.
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9. Miners dig the hardest rocks. They dig away at the mountains and make them bare.
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9. He putteth forth H7971 his hand H3027 upon the rock H2496 ; he overturneth H2015 the mountains H2022 by the roots H4480 H8328 .
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10. They cut tunnels through the rocks and see all the treasures they hold.
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10. He cutteth out H1234 rivers H2975 among the rocks H6697 ; and his eye H5869 seeth H7200 every H3605 precious thing H3366 .
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11. They even find places where rivers begin. They bring to light what once was hidden.
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11. He bindeth H2280 the floods H5104 from overflowing H4480 H1065 ; and the thing that is hid H8587 bringeth he forth H3318 to light H216 .
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12. "But where can anyone find wisdom? Where can we get understanding?
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12. But where H4480 H370 shall wisdom H2451 be found H4672 ? and where H335 H2088 is the place H4725 of understanding H998 ?
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13. People don't know where wisdom is. It cannot be found by anyone on earth.
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13. Man H582 knoweth H3045 not H3808 the price H6187 thereof; neither H3808 is it found H4672 in the land H776 of the living H2416 .
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14. The deep ocean says, 'It's not here with me.' The sea says, 'It's not here with me.'
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14. The depth H8415 saith H559 , It H1931 is not H3808 in me : and the sea H3220 saith H559 , It is not H369 with H5978 me.
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15. You cannot buy wisdom with even the purest gold. There's not enough silver in the world to pay for it.
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15. It cannot H3808 be gotten H5414 for gold H2091 H5462 H8478 , neither H3808 shall silver H3701 be weighed H8254 for the price H4242 thereof.
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16. You cannot buy it with gold from Ophir or with precious onyx or sapphires.
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16. It cannot H3808 be valued H5541 with the gold H3800 of Ophir H211 , with the precious H3368 onyx H7718 , or the sapphire H5601 .
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17. Wisdom is worth more than gold or crystal. It cannot be bought with expensive jewels set in gold.
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17. The gold H2091 and the crystal H2137 cannot H3808 equal H6186 it : and the exchange H8545 of it shall not be for jewels H3627 of fine gold H6337 .
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18. It is far more valuable than coral and jasper, more precious than rubies.
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18. No H3808 mention shall be made H2142 of coral H7215 , or of pearls H1378 : for the price H4901 of wisdom H2451 is above rubies H4480 H6443 .
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19. The topaz from Ethiopia cannot match its value, which is greater than the purest gold.
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19. The topaz H6357 of Ethiopia H3568 shall not H3808 equal H6186 it, neither H3808 shall it be valued H5541 with pure H2889 gold H3800 .
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20. "So where does wisdom come from? Where can we find understanding?
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20. Whence H4480 H370 then cometh H935 wisdom H2451 ? and where H335 H2088 is the place H4725 of understanding H998 ?
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21. Wisdom is hidden from every living thing on earth. Even birds in the sky cannot see it.
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21. Seeing it is hid H5956 from the eyes H4480 H5869 of all H3605 living H2416 , and kept close H5641 from the fowls H4480 H5775 of the air H8064 .
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22. Death and destruction say, 'We have never seen wisdom; we have only heard rumors about it.'
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22. Destruction H11 and death H4194 say H559 , We have heard H8085 the fame H8088 thereof with our ears H241 .
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23. "Only God knows the way to wisdom. Only he knows where wisdom is.
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23. God H430 understandeth H995 the way H1870 thereof , and he H1931 knoweth H3045 H853 the place H4725 thereof.
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24. He can see to the very ends of the earth. He sees everything under the sky.
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24. For H3588 he H1931 looketh H5027 to the ends H7098 of the earth H776 , and seeth H7200 under H8478 the whole H3605 heaven H8064 ;
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25. God gave the wind its power. He decided how big to make the oceans.
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25. To make H6213 the weight H4948 for the winds H7307 ; and he weigheth H8505 the waters H4325 by measure H4060 .
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26. He decided where to send the rain and where the thunderstorms should go.
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26. When he made H6213 a decree H2706 for the rain H4306 , and a way H1870 for the lightning H2385 of the thunder H6963 :
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27. He looked at wisdom and discussed it. He examined it and saw how much it is worth.
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27. Then H227 did he see H7200 it , and declare H5608 it ; he prepared H3559 it, yea H1571 , and searched it out H2713 .
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28. Then he said to humans, 'To fear and respect the Lord is wisdom. To turn away from evil is understanding.'"
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28. And unto man H120 he said H559 , Behold H2005 , the fear H3374 of the Lord H136 , that H1931 is wisdom H2451 ; and to depart H5493 from evil H4480 H7451 is understanding H998 .
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