Where Can Wisdom Be Found? 1 ULT Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place{ where} they refine gold. BSB BSB: “Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
2 ULT Iron is taken from the dust, and one smelts copper{ from} stone. BSB BSB: Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
3 ULT Setting an end to darkness, he is searching out, to every extremity, a stone of gloom and deep darkness. BSB BSB: Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
4 ULT He opens a shaft away from habitation, the ones forgotten by the foot. Away from man, they dangle and swing. 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 ULT The earth, from it comes bread, but beneath it, it is overturned as with fire. BSB BSB: Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
6 ULT Its stones{ are} the place of sapphire, and dusts of gold{ are} to it. BSB BSB: Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
7 ULT No bird of prey knows the path, and the eye of the falcon has not seen it. BSB BSB: No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
8 ULT The sons of pride have not walked it, and the lion has not passed over it. BSB BSB: Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
9 ULT He stretches out his hand against flinty rock; he overturns mountains from their roots. BSB BSB: The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
10 ULT He cuts out channels among the rocks, and his eye sees every valuable thing. BSB BSB: He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
11 ULT He binds the torrents from flowing, and he brings a hidden thing{ to} light. BSB BSB: He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
12 ULT But where is wisdom found? And where is that, the place of understanding? BSB BSB: But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
13 ULT Man does not know its disposition, 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 ULT The deep says,‘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 ULT Gold is not given for it, nor is silver weighed{ for} its price. BSB BSB: It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
16 ULT It is not valued with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphire. BSB BSB: It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
17 ULT Neither gold nor crystal compares with it,{ nor is} its exchange a vessel of fine gold. BSB BSB: Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
18 ULT Coral and jasper are not mentioned; indeed, the price of wisdom{ is} more than rubies. BSB BSB: Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
19 ULT The topaz of Cush does not equal it; it is not valued in pure gold. BSB BSB: Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
20 ULT From whence, then, does wisdom come? And where{ is} that, the place of understanding? BSB BSB: From where, then, does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
21 ULT It is hidden from the eyes of each living{ thing}; even from the birds of the heavens it is concealed. BSB BSB: It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
22 ULT Abaddon and death say,‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’ BSB BSB: Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
23 ULT God understands its way, and he knows its place. BSB BSB: But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
24 ULT For he looks to the ends of the earth; he sees beneath all of the heavens. BSB BSB: For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
25 ULT When he made the weight for the wind and apportioned the waters by measure, BSB BSB: When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
26 ULT when he made a decree for the rain and a path for the flash of the thunders, BSB BSB: when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
27 ULT then he saw it and recounted it; he established it and also explored it. BSB BSB: then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
28 ULT And he said to man,‘Behold, the fear of the Lord— that{ is} wisdom, and to turn 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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