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The American Standard Version of 1901

Job 28

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1 Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine. 1) Or For

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Iron is taken out of the 1 earth, And copper is molten out of the stone. 1) Or dust

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Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

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1 He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they 2 swing to and fro. 1) Or The flood breaketh out from where men sojourn; Even the waters forgotten of the foot: They are diminished, they are gone away from man. 2) Or flit

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As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

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The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, 1 And it hath dust of gold. 1) Or And he winneth lumps of gold

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That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:

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The 1 proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby. 1) Heb sons of pride

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He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.

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He cutteth out 1 channels among the rocks; And his eye seeth every precious thing. 1) Or passages

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He bindeth the streams 1 that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. 1) Heb from weeping

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But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

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Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

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The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.

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It cannot be gotten for 1 gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. 1) Or treasure

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It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious 1 onyx, or the sapphire. 1) Or beryl

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Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for 1 jewels of fine gold. 1) Or vessels

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No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above 1 rubies. 1) Or red coral ; Or pearls

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The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

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Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

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Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.

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1 Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears. 1) Heb Abaddon

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God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.

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For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven;

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1 To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure. 1) Or When he maketh

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When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;

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Then did he see it, and 1 declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out. 1) Or recount

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And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.



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