Where Can Wisdom Be Found? 1 WBS 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 WBS Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is melted out of the stone. BSB BSB: Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
3 WBS He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shades of death. BSB BSB: Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
4 WBS The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant: even the waters forgotten by the foot: they are dried up, they have 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 WBS As for the earth, out of it cometh 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 WBS 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 WBS There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vultur's eye hath not seen:BSB BSB: No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
8 WBS 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 WBS He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. BSB BSB: The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
10 WBS He cutteth out rivers among 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 WBS He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid he bringeth forth to light. BSB BSB: He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
12 WBS 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 WBS Man knoweth not the price of it; 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 WBS The depth 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 WBS It cannot be obtained for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price of it. BSB BSB: It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
16 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS The topaz of Cush 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 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame of it with our ears. BSB BSB: Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
23 WBS God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth its place. BSB BSB: But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
24 WBS For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; BSB BSB: For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
25 WBS To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. BSB BSB: When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
26 WBS 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 WBS Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. BSB BSB: then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
28 WBS 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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