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Job 28
Job 28
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
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"There are mines where people get silver and places where people melt gold to make it pure.
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Iron is dug out of the ground, and copper is melted out of the rocks.
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Miners carry lights deep into caves to search for these rocks in the deepest darkness.
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Far from where people live, they dig deep into the ground, down where no one else has been before. There they work all alone, hanging from ropes.
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Food grows on the ground above. But underground it is different, as if everything were melted by fire.
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In the rocks there are sapphires and grains of pure gold.
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Wild birds know nothing about the way to these places. No falcon has ever seen it.
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Wild animals have never been there. Lions have not traveled that way.
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Miners dig the hardest rocks. They dig away at the mountains and make them bare.
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They cut tunnels through the rocks and see all the treasures they hold.
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They even find places where rivers begin. They bring to light what once was hidden.
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"But where can anyone find wisdom? Where can we get understanding?
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People don't know where wisdom is. It cannot be found by anyone on earth.
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The deep ocean says, 'It's not here with me.' The sea says, 'It's not here with me.'
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You cannot buy wisdom with even the purest gold. There's not enough silver in the world to pay for it.
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You cannot buy it with gold from Ophir or with precious onyx or sapphires.
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Wisdom is worth more than gold or crystal. It cannot be bought with expensive jewels set in gold.
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It is far more valuable than coral and jasper, more precious than rubies.
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The topaz from Ethiopia cannot match its value, which is greater than the purest gold.
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"So where does wisdom come from? Where can we find understanding?
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Wisdom is hidden from every living thing on earth. Even birds in the sky cannot see it.
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Death and destruction say, 'We have never seen wisdom; we have only heard rumors about it.'
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"Only God knows the way to wisdom. Only he knows where wisdom is.
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He can see to the very ends of the earth. He sees everything under the sky.
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God gave the wind its power. He decided how big to make the oceans.
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He decided where to send the rain and where the thunderstorms should go.
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He looked at wisdom and discussed it. He examined it and saw how much it is worth.
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Then he said to humans, 'To fear and respect the Lord is wisdom. To turn away from evil is understanding.'"
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