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28 : 1 Surely there is a mine for silver,and a place for gold that theyrefine.
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28 : 2 Iron is taken out of the earth,and copper is smelted from the ore.
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28 : 3 Man puts an end to darknessand searches out to the farthest limitthe ore ingloom anddeep darkness.
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28 : 4 He opens shafts in a valley away from where anyone lives;they are forgotten by travelers;they hang in the air, far away from mankind; they swing to and fro.
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28 : 5 As for the earth,out of it comes bread,but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
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28 : 6 Its stones are the place ofsapphires,and it has dust of gold.
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28 : 7 That path no bird of prey knows,and the falcon's eye has not seen it.
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28 : 8 The proud beasts have not trodden it;the lion has not passed over it.
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28 : 9 Man puts his hand tothe flinty rockand overturns mountains by the roots.
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28 : 10 He cuts out channels in the rocks,and his eye sees every precious thing.
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28 : 11 He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle,and the thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
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28 : 12 But where shall wisdom be found?And where is the place of understanding?
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28 : 13 Man does not know its worth,and it is not found inthe land of the living.
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28 : 14 The deep says,It is not in me,and the sea says,It is not with me.
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28 : 15 Itcannot be bought for gold,and silver cannot be weighed as its price.
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28 : 16 It cannot be valued inthe gold ofOphir,in preciousonyx orsapphire.
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28 : 17 Gold and glass cannot equal it,nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
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28 : 18 No mention shall be made ofcoral or of crystal;the price of wisdom is abovepearls.
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28 : 19 The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,nor can it be valued in pure gold.
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28 : 20 From where, then, does wisdom come?And where is the place of understanding?
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28 : 21 It is hidden from the eyes ofall livingand concealed from the birds of the air.
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28 : 22 Abaddon and Death say,We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.
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28 : 23 God understands the way to it,and he knows its place.
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28 : 24 For helooks to the ends of the earthand sees everything under the heavens.
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28 : 25 When hegave to the wind its weightand apportioned the waters by measure,
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28 : 26 when he made a decree for the rainanda way for the lightning of the thunder,
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28 : 27 then he saw it and declared it;he established it, and searched it out.
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28 : 28 And he said to man,Behold,the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,and toturn away from evil is understanding.
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