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  28:1 ¶
Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine. |
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28:1 ¶
Surely°°
there is°
a vein°
for the silver,°
and a place°
for gold°
[where] they fine°°
[it]. |
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28:2
Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone. |
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28:2
Iron°
is taken°°
out of the earth,°°
and brass°
[is] molten°°
[out of] the stone.° |
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28:3
[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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28:3
He setteth°°
an end°
to darkness,°
and searcheth out°°°
all°
perfection:°
the stones°
of darkness,°
and the shadow of death.° |
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28:4
He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro. |
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28:4
The flood°
breaketh out°°
from°°
the inhabitant;°°
[even the waters] forgotten°°
of°
the foot:°
they are dried up,°°
they are gone away°°
from men.°° |
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28:5
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire. |
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28:5
[As for] the earth,°
out of°
it cometh°°
bread:°
and under°
it is turned up°°
as it were°
fire.° |
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28:6
The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold. |
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28:6
The stones°
of it [are] the place°
of sapphires:°
and it hath dust°
of gold.° |
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28:7
That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it: |
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28:7
[There is] a path°
which no°
fowl°
knoweth,°°
and which the vulture's°
eye°
hath not°
seen:°° |
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28:8
The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby. |
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28:8
The lion's°
whelps°
have not°
trodden°°
it, nor°
the fierce lion°
passed°°
by°
it. |
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28:9
He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots. |
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28:9
He putteth forth°°
his hand°
upon the rock;°
he overturneth°°
the mountains°
by the roots.°° |
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28:10
He cutteth out channels among the rocks; And his eye seeth every precious thing. |
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28:10
He cutteth out°°
rivers°
among the rocks;°
and his eye°
seeth°°
every°
precious thing.° |
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28:11
He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. |
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28:11
He bindeth°°
the floods°
from overflowing;°°
and [the thing that is] hid°
bringeth he forth°°
to light.° |
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28:12
But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? |
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28:12
But where°°
shall wisdom°
be found?°°
and where°°
[is] the place°
of understanding?° |
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28:13
Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living. |
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28:13
Man°
knoweth°°
not°
the price°
thereof; neither°
is it found°°
in the land°
of the living.° |
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28:14
The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me. |
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28:14
The depth°
saith,°°
It°
[is] not°
in me: and the sea°
saith,°°
[It is] not°
with°
me. |
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28:15
It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. |
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28:15
It cannot°
be gotten°°
for gold,°°°°
neither°
shall silver°
be weighed°°
[for] the price°
thereof. |
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28:16
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire. |
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28:16
It cannot°
be valued°°
with the gold°
of Ophir,°
with the precious°
onyx,°
or the sapphire.° |
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28:17
Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. |
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28:17
The gold°
and the crystal°
cannot°
equal°°
it: and the exchange°
of it [shall not be for] jewels°
of fine gold.° |
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28:18
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies. |
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28:18
No°
mention°°
shall be made°
of coral,°
or of pearls:°
for the price°
of wisdom°
[is] above rubies.°° |
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28:19
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold. |
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28:19
The topaz°
of Ethiopia°
shall not°
equal°°
it, neither°
shall it be valued°°
with pure°
gold.° |
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28:20
Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding? |
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28:20
Whence°°
then cometh°°
wisdom?°
and where°°
[is] the place°
of understanding?° |
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28:21
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens. |
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28:21
Seeing it is hid°°
from the eyes°°
of all°
living,°
and kept close°°
from the fowls°°
of the air.° |
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28:22
Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears. |
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28:22
Destruction°
and death°
say,°°
We have heard°°
the fame°
thereof with our ears.° |
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28:23
God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof. |
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28:23
God°
understandeth°°
the way°
thereof, and he°
knoweth°°°
the place°
thereof. |
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28:24
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven; |
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28:24
For°
he°
looketh°°
to the ends°
of the earth,°
[and] seeth°°
under°
the whole°
heaven;° |
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28:25
To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure. |
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28:25
To make°°
the weight°
for the winds;°
and he weigheth°°
the waters°
by measure.° |
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28:26
When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder; |
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28:26
When he made°°
a decree°
for the rain,°
and a way°
for the lightning°
of the thunder:° |
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28:27
Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out. |
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28:27
Then°
did he see°°
it, and declare°°
it; he prepared°°
it, yea,°
and searched it out.°° |
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28:28
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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28:28
And unto man°
he said,°°
Behold,°
the fear°
of the Lord,°
that°
[is] wisdom;°
and to depart°°
from evil°°
[is] understanding.° |
