Where Can Wisdom Be Found? 1 AKJV Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. BSB BSB: “Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
2 AKJV Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. BSB BSB: Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
3 AKJV He sets an end to darkness, and searches out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. BSB BSB: Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
4 AKJV The flood breaks out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. BSB BSB: Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
5 AKJV As for the earth, out of it comes bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. BSB BSB: Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
6 AKJV The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it has dust of gold. BSB BSB: Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
7 AKJV There is a path which no fowl knows, and which the vulture’s eye has not seen: BSB BSB: No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
8 AKJV The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. BSB BSB: Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
9 AKJV He puts forth his hand on the rock; he overturns the mountains by the roots. BSB BSB: The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
10 AKJV He cuts out rivers among the rocks; and his eye sees every precious thing. BSB BSB: He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
11 AKJV He binds the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid brings he forth to light. BSB BSB: He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
12 AKJV But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? BSB BSB: But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
13 AKJV Man knows not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. BSB BSB: No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
14 AKJV The depth says, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not with me. BSB BSB: The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
15 AKJV It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. BSB BSB: It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
16 AKJV It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. BSB BSB: It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
17 AKJV The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. BSB BSB: Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
18 AKJV No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. BSB BSB: Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
19 AKJV The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. BSB BSB: Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
20 AKJV From where then comes wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? BSB BSB: From where, then, does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
21 AKJV Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. BSB BSB: It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
22 AKJV Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. BSB BSB: Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
23 AKJV God understands the way thereof, and he knows the place thereof. BSB BSB: But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
24 AKJV For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven; BSB BSB: For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
25 AKJV To make the weight for the winds; and he weighs the waters by measure. BSB BSB: When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
26 AKJV When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: BSB BSB: when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
27 AKJV Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yes, and searched it out. BSB BSB: then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
28 AKJV And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. BSB BSB: And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
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