Where Can Wisdom Be Found? 1 CPDV Silver has its fissures where it is first found, and gold has a place where it is melted. BSB BSB: “Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
2 CPDV Iron is taken from the earth, and ore, unbound by heat, is turned into brass. BSB BSB: Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
3 CPDV He has established a time for darkness, and he has settled on an end for all things, as well as for the stone that is in the gloom and shadow of death. BSB BSB: Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
4 CPDV The burning separates a pilgrim people from those who have been forgotten by the feet of the destitute man and from the unapproachable. 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 CPDV The land, where bread appeared in its place, has been destroyed by fire. BSB BSB: Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
6 CPDV Its stones are embedded with sapphires, and its soil, with gold. BSB BSB: Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
7 CPDV The bird does not know its path, nor has the eye of the vulture beheld it. BSB BSB: No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
8 CPDV The sons of merchants have not walked there, nor has the lioness traveled through it. BSB BSB: Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
9 CPDV He has stretched out his hand to the rocks; he has overturned the foundations of the mountains. BSB BSB: The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
10 CPDV He has cut rivers through the rocks, and his eye has seen all precious things. BSB BSB: He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
11 CPDV The depths of rivers he has also examined, and he has brought hidden things into the light. BSB BSB: He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
12 CPDV But, in truth, where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding? BSB BSB: But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
13 CPDV Man does not know its price, nor is it found in the land of those who live in sweetness. BSB BSB: No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
14 CPDV The abyss declares, “It is not in me.” And the sea says, “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 CPDV The finest gold will not be paid for it, nor will 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 CPDV It will not be compared with the dyed colors of India, nor with the very costly stone sardonyx, nor with the sapphire. BSB BSB: It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
17 CPDV Neither gold nor crystal will be its equal; neither will vessels of gold be fitted for it. BSB BSB: Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
18 CPDV The exalted and the eminent will not be remembered in comparison with it. Yet wisdom is drawn out of concealment. BSB BSB: Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
19 CPDV The topaz of Ethiopia will not be equal to it, nor will it be compared to the purest dyes. BSB BSB: Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
20 CPDV So then, where does wisdom begin, and where is the place of understanding? BSB BSB: From where, then, does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
21 CPDV It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, just as the birds of the heavens escape notice. BSB BSB: It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
22 CPDV Perdition and death have said, “With our ears, we have heard its fame.” BSB BSB: Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
23 CPDV God understands its way, and he knows its location. BSB BSB: But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
24 CPDV For he beholds the limits of the world, and he looks upon all things that are under heaven. BSB BSB: For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
25 CPDV He created a counterweight for the winds, and he suspended the waters to measure them. BSB BSB: When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
26 CPDV At that time, he gave a law to the rain and a path to the resounding storms. BSB BSB: when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
27 CPDV Then he saw and explained it, and he made ready and examined it. BSB BSB: then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
28 CPDV And he said to man, “Behold the fear of the Lord. Such is wisdom. And to withdraw from evil, this 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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