| Job 28:1 | For there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
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| Job 28:2 | Iron is taken out of the dust, and brass is molten out of the stone.
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| Job 28:3 | Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death.
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| Job 28:4 | He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; they are forgotten of the foot that passeth by; they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
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| Job 28:5 | As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
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| Job 28:6 | The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
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| Job 28:7 | That path no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath the falcon's eye seen it;
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| Job 28:8 | The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the lion passed thereby.
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| Job 28:9 | He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
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| Job 28:10 | He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
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| Job 28:11 | He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
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| Job 28:12 | But wisdom, where shall it be found? And where is the place of understanding?
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| Job 28:13 | Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
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| Job 28:14 | The deep saith: 'It is not in me'; and the sea saith: 'It is not with me.'
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| Job 28:15 | It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
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| Job 28:16 | It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
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| Job 28:17 | Gold and glass cannot equal it; neither shall the exchange thereof be vessels of fine gold.
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| Job 28:18 | No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
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| Job 28:19 | The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
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| Job 28:20 | Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
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| Job 28:21 | Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
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| Job 28:22 | Destruction and Death say: 'We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.'
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| Job 28:23 | God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof.
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| Job 28:24 | For He looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
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| Job 28:25 | When He maketh a weight for the wind, and meteth out the waters by measure.
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| Job 28:26 | When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the storm of thunders;
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| Job 28:27 | Then did He see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.
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| Job 28:28 | 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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