Job 28:5-20
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5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
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6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
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7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
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8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
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9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
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10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
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11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
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12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
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13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
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14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
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15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
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16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
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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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18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
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19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
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20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?