Where Can Wisdom Be Found? 1 Brenton For there is a place for the silver, whence it comes, and a place for the gold, whence it is refined. BSB BSB: “Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
2 Brenton For iron comes out of the earth, and brass is hewn out like stone. BSB BSB: Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
3 Brenton He has set a bound to darkness, and he searches out every limit: a stone is 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 Brenton There is a cutting off of the torrent by reason of dust: so they that forget the right way are weakened; they are removed from among 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 Brenton As for the earth, out of it shall come bread: under it has been turned up as it were fire.BSB BSB: Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
6 Brenton Her stones are the place of the sapphire: and her dust supplies man with gold. BSB BSB: Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
7 Brenton There is a path, the fowl has not known it, neither has the eye of the vulture seen it:BSB BSB: No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
8 Brenton neither have the sons of the proud trodden it, a lion has not passed upon it. BSB BSB: Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
9 Brenton He has stretched forth his hand on the sharp rock , and turned up mountains by the roots: BSB BSB: The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
10 Brenton and he has interrupted the whirlpools of rivers, and mine eye has seen every precious thing. BSB BSB: He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
11 Brenton And he has laid bare the depths of rivers, and has brought his power to light. BSB BSB: He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
12 Brenton But whence has wisdom been discovered? and what is the place of knowledge? BSB BSB: But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
13 Brenton A mortal has not known its way, neither indeed has it been discovered among men. BSB BSB: No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
14 Brenton The depth said, 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 Brenton One shall not give fine gold instead of it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it. BSB BSB: It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
16 Brenton Neither shall it be compared with gold of Sophir, with the precious onyx and sapphire. BSB BSB: It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
17 Brenton Gold and crystal shall not be equalled to it, neither shall vessels of gold be its exchange. BSB BSB: Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
18 Brenton Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned: but do thou esteem wisdom above the most precious things. BSB BSB: Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
19 Brenton The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equalled to it; it shall not be compared with pure gold. BSB BSB: Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
20 Brenton Whence then is wisdom found? and of what kind is the place of understanding? BSB BSB: From where, then, does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
21 Brenton It has escaped the notice of every man, and has been hidden from the birds of the sky. BSB BSB: It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
22 Brenton Destruction and Death said, We have heard the report of it. BSB BSB: Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
23 Brenton God has well ordered the way of it, and he knows the place of it. BSB BSB: But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
24 Brenton For he surveys the whole earth under heaven, knowing the things in the earth: BSB BSB: For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
25 Brenton all that he has made; the weight of the winds, the measures of the water. BSB BSB: When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
26 Brenton When he made them , thus he saw and numbered them, and made a way for the pealing of the thunder. BSB BSB: when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
27 Brenton Then he saw it, and declared it: he prepared it and traced it out. BSB BSB: then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
28 Brenton And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom; and to abstain 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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