Where Can Wisdom Be Found? 1 DBY Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine; BSB BSB: “Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
2 DBY Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone. BSB BSB: Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
3 DBY Man putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.BSB BSB: Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
4 DBY He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants of the earth : forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover. 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 DBY As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire; BSB BSB: Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
6 DBY The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold. BSB BSB: Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
7 DBY It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it; BSB BSB: No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
8 DBY The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed over it. BSB BSB: Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
9 DBY Man putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root.BSB BSB: The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
10 DBY He cutteth out channels in the rocks, and his eye seeth every precious thing. BSB BSB: He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
11 DBY He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light. BSB BSB: He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
12 DBY But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding? BSB BSB: But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
13 DBY Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not 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 DBY The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, 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 DBY Choice gold cannot be given for it, nor silver be weighed for its price. BSB BSB: It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
16 DBY It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire. BSB BSB: It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
17 DBY Gold and glass cannot be compared to it, nor vessels of fine gold be its exchange. BSB BSB: Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
18 DBY Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies. BSB BSB: Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
19 DBY The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold. BSB BSB: Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
20 DBY Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? BSB BSB: From where, then, does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
21 DBY For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens. BSB BSB: It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
22 DBY Destruction and death say, We have heard its report with our ears. BSB BSB: Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
23 DBY God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth its place: BSB BSB: But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
24 DBY For he looketh to the ends of the earth, he seeth under the whole heaven. BSB BSB: For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
25 DBY In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure, BSB BSB: When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
26 DBY In appointing a statute for the rain, and a way for the thunder's flash: BSB BSB: when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
27 DBY Then did he see it, and declare it; he established it, yea, and searched it out; BSB BSB: then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
28 DBY And unto man he said, Lo, 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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