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Job 28 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Surely there is a mine for silver,
And a place for gold which they refine.
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Iron is taken out of the earth,
And copper is molten out of the stone.
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Man setteth an end to darkness,
And searcheth out, to the furthest bound,
The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
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He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn;
They are forgotten of the foot;
They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
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As for the earth, out of it cometh bread;
And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
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The stones thereof are the place of sapphires,
And it hath dust of gold.
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That path no bird of prey knoweth,
Neither hath the falcon’s eye seen it:
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The proud beasts have not trodden it,
Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.
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He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock;
He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
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He cutteth out channels among the rocks;
And his eye seeth every precious thing.
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He bindeth the streams that they trickle not;
And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

The Search for Wisdom Is Harder

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But where shall wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
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Man knoweth not the price thereof;
Neither is it found in the land of the living.
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The deep saith, It is not in me;
And the sea saith, It is not with me.
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It cannot be gotten for gold,
Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
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It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir,
With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
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Gold and glass cannot equal it,
Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
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No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal:
Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
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The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it,
Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
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Whence then cometh wisdom?
And where is the place of understanding?
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Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living,
And kept close from the birds of the heavens.
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Destruction and Death say,
We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.
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God understandeth the way thereof,
And he knoweth the place thereof.
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For he looketh to the ends of the earth,
And seeth under the whole heaven;
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To make a weight for the wind:
Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.
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When he made a decree for the rain,
And a way for the lightning of the thunder;
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Then did he see it, and declare it;
He established it, yea, and searched it out.
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And unto man he said,
Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.
ASV

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

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by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
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