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28:1  “Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined.
28:2  Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
28:3  Man puts an end to darkness; he searches to the farthest reaches for ore in gloom and blackest darkness.
28:4  He cuts open a shaft far from dwellings, in places forgotten by feet. Far from other people, they dangle back and forth.
28:5  The earth, from which food comes, is transformed as by fire;
28:6  a place whose rocks are sapphires, its dust contains gold.
28:7  No bird of prey knows the path; nor falcon’s eye has seen it.
28:8  Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed there.
28:9  Man sets his hand against the flinty rock and overturns mountains by the roots.
28:10  He carves out tunnels through the rocks; his eye sees every precious thing.
28:11  He dams up streams from flowing. And brings hidden things to light.
28:12  “But where can wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
28:13  No mortal comprehends its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.
28:14  The deep says, ‘It is not in me’— The sea says, ‘It’s not with me.’
28:15  Pure gold cannot be given for it, nor can its price be weighed in silver.
28:16  It cannot be weighed in gold from Ophir, in precious onyx, or sapphire.
28:17  Neither gold or crystal can compare with it, nor vessels of fine gold exchanged for it.
28:18  No mention will be made of coral or jasper; the price of wisdom is more than pearls.
28:19  The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare to it; nor can it be valued in pure gold.
28:20  Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
28:21  It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, concealed from the birds of the sky.
28:22  Abaddon and Death say, ‘With our ears we have heard a rumor of it.’
28:23  “God understands its way and He knows its place.
28:24  He looks to the ends of the earth, and sees everything under the heavens.
28:25  When He made the force of the wind, and measured out the waters,
28:26  when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderstorm,
28:27  then He looked at it and assessed it established it and examined it.
28:28  And He said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.”’