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28:1  “Surely there is a mine for silver and a place for gold to be refined.
28:2  Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
28:3  Miners put an end to darkness and search out to the farthest bound the ore in gloom and deep darkness.
28:4  They open shafts in a valley away from human habitation; they are forgotten by travelers; they sway suspended, remote from people.
28:5  As for the earth, out of it comes bread, but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
28:6  Its stones are the place of sapphires, and its dust contains gold.
28:7  “That path no bird of prey knows, and the falcon’s eye has not seen it.
28:8  The proud wild animals have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it.
28:9  “They put their hand to the flinty rock and overturn mountains by the roots.
28:10  They cut out channels in the rocks, and their eyes see every precious thing.
28:11  The sources of the rivers they probe; hidden things they bring to light.
28:12  “But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
28:13  Mortals do not know the way to it, and it is not found in the land of the living.
28:14  The deep says, ‘It is not in me,’ and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
28:15  It cannot be gotten for gold, and silver cannot be weighed out as its price.
28:16  It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
28:17  Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
28:18  No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.
28:19  The chrysolite of Cush cannot compare with it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
28:20  “Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?
28:21  It is hidden from the eyes of all living and concealed from the birds of the air.
28:22  Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
28:23  “God understands the way to it, and he knows its place.
28:24  For he looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
28:25  When he gave to the wind its weight and apportioned out the waters by measure,
28:26  when he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the thunderbolt,
28:27  then he saw it and declared it; he established it and searched it out.
28:28  And he said to humankind, ‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”