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28:1  “Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
28:2  Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from the ore.
28:3  Men 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 where men live; they are forgotten by travelers, they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
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 it has dust of gold.
28:7  “That path no bird of prey knows, and the falcon’s eye has not seen it.
28:8  The proud beasts have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it.
28:9  “Man puts his hand to the flinty rock, and overturns mountains by the roots.
28:10  He cuts out channels in the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing.
28:11  He binds up the streams so that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hid he brings forth to light.
28:12  “But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
28:13  Man does 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 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 topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare with it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
28:20  “Whence then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
28:21  It is hid 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 meted out the waters by measure;
28:26  when he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder;
28:27  then he saw it and declared it; he established it, and searched it out.
28:28  And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’”