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28:1  “Surely there is a mine for the silver, and a place where they refine gold.
28:2  Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from the ore.
28:3  Man puts an end to darkness, and searches every extremity for ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.
28:4  He breaks open a shaft away from the inhabitants; in places forgotten by feet they hang far away from men; and they totter.
28:5  As for the earth, from it comes bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire.
28:6  Its stones are the source of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
28:7  There is a path that no bird knows, and that the vulture’s eye has not seen;
28:8  the lion cubs have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by it.
28:9  He puts forth his hand upon the rock; he overturns the mountains by the roots.
28:10  He cuts out rivers among the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing.
28:11  He prevents the floods from overflowing, and the thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.
28:12  “But where will wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
28:13  Man does not know its price, nor is it found in the land of the living.
28:14  The depth says, ‘It is not in me,’ and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
28:15  It cannot be bought for gold, nor can silver be weighed for its price.
28:16  It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx or the sapphire.
28:17  The gold and the crystal cannot equal it, and it cannot be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
28:18  No mention will be made of coral or of pearls, for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
28:19  The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it, nor will it be valued with pure gold.
28:20  “From where then does wisdom come? 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  Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard of its fame with our ears.’
28:23  God understands its way, and He knows its place.
28:24  For He looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven,
28:25  to make the weight of the wind, and He weighs the waters by measure.
28:26  When He made a decree for the rain, and a path for the lightning of the thunder,
28:27  then He saw it and declared it; He prepared it, yes, and searched it out.
28:28  To man He said: ‘Look, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”