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94 lines
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# Job 28 (New King James Version)
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Job's Discourse on Wisdom
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##### Chapter 28
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###### 1 "Surely there is a mine for silver,
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And a place _where_ gold is refined.
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###### 2 Iron is taken from the earth,
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And copper _is_ smelted _from_ ore.
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###### 3 _Man_ puts an end to darkness,
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And searches every recess
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For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.
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###### 4 He breaks open a shaft away from people;
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_In places_ forgotten by feet
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They hang far away from men;
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They swing to and fro.
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###### 5 _As for_ the earth, from it comes bread,
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But underneath it is turned up as by fire;
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###### 6 Its stones _are_ the source of sapphires,
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And it contains gold dust.
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###### 7 _That_ path no bird knows,
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Nor has the falcon's eye seen it.
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###### 8 The proud lions have not trodden it,
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Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.
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###### 9 He puts his hand on the flint;
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He overturns the mountains at the roots.
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###### 10 He cuts out channels in the rocks,
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And his eye sees every precious thing.
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###### 11 He dams up the streams from trickling;
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_What is_ hidden he brings forth to light.
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###### 12 "But where can wisdom be found?
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And where _is_ the place of understanding?
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###### 13 Man does not know its value,
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Nor is it found in the land of the living.
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###### 14 The deep says, '_It is_ not in me';
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And the sea says, '_It is_ not with me.'
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###### 15 It cannot be purchased for gold,
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Nor can silver be weighed _for_ its price.
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###### 16 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
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In precious onyx or sapphire.
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###### 17 Neither gold nor crystal can equal it,
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Nor can it be exchanged for jewelry of fine gold.
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###### 18 No mention shall be made of coral or quartz,
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For the price of wisdom _is_ above rubies.
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###### 19 The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
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Nor can it be valued in pure gold.
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###### 20 "From where then does wisdom come?
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And where _is_ the place of understanding?
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###### 21 It is hidden from the eyes of all living,
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And concealed from the birds of the air.
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###### 22 Destruction and Death say,
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'We have heard a report about it with our ears.'
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###### 23 God understands its way,
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And He knows its place.
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###### 24 For He looks to the ends of the earth,
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_And_ sees under the whole heavens,
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###### 25 To establish a weight for the wind,
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And apportion the waters by measure.
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###### 26 When He made a law for the rain,
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And a path for the thunderbolt,
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###### 27 Then He saw _wisdom_ and declared it;
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He prepared it, indeed, He searched it out.
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###### 28 And to man He said,
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'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that _is_ wisdom,
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And to depart from evil _is_ understanding.' "
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