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28:1  There is a sure source of silver, a place where gold is refined.
28:2  Iron is taken from the earth; rock is smelted into copper.
28:3  Humans put an end to darkness, dig for ore to the farthest depths, into stone in utter darkness,
28:4  open a shaft away from any inhabitant, places forgotten by those on foot, apart from any human they hang and sway.
28:5  Earth—from it comes food— is turned over below ground as by fire.
28:6  Its rocks are the source for lapis lazuli; there is gold dust in it.
28:7  A path— no bird of prey knows it; a hawk’s eye hasn’t seen it;
28:8  proud beasts haven’t trodden on it; a lion hasn’t crossed over it.
28:9  Humans thrust their hands into flint, pull up mountains from their roots,
28:10  cut channels into rocks; their eyes see everything precious.
28:11  They dam up the sources of rivers; hidden things come to light.
28:12  But wisdom, where can it be found; where is the place of understanding?
28:13  Humankind doesn’t know its value; it isn’t found in the land of the living.
28:14  The Deep says, “It’s not with me”; the Sea says, “Not alongside me!”
28:15  It can’t be bought with gold; its price can’t be measured in silver,
28:16  can’t be weighed against gold from Ophir, with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
28:17  Neither gold nor glass can compare with it; she can’t be acquired with gold jewelry.
28:18  Coral and jasper shouldn’t be mentioned; the price of wisdom is more than rubies.
28:19  Cushite topaz won’t compare with her; she can’t be set alongside pure gold.
28:20  But wisdom, where does she come from? Where is the place of understanding?
28:21  She’s hidden from the eyes of all the living, concealed from birds of the sky.
28:22  Destruction and Death have said, “We’ve heard a report of her.”
28:23  God understands her way; he knows her place;
28:24  for he looks to the ends of the earth and surveys everything beneath the heavens.
28:25  In order to weigh the wind, to prepare a measure for waters,
28:26  when he made a decree for the rain, a path for thunderbolts,
28:27  then he observed it, spoke of it, established it, searched it out,
28:28  and said to humankind: “Look, the fear of the Lord is wisdom; turning from evil is understanding.”