1“Surely there is a mine for silver
and a place for gold to be refined.
2 an end to darkness
and search out to the farthest bound
the ore in gloom and deep darkness.
4They open shafts in a valley away from human habitation;
they are forgotten by travelers;
they sway suspended, remote from people.
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and its dust contains gold.
7“That path no bird of prey knows,
and the falcon’s eye has not seen it.
8The proud wild animals have not trodden it;
the lion has not passed over it.
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hidden things they bring to light.
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and it is not found in the land of the living.
14The deep says, ‘It is not in me,’
and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
15It cannot be gotten for gold,
and silver cannot be weighed out as its price.
16It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
in precious onyx or sapphire.
17 Prov 8.10; 16.16 Gold and glass cannot equal it,
nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18 Prov 3.15; 8.11 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal;
the price of wisdom is above pearls.
19 Prov 8.19 The chrysolite of Cush cannot compare with it,
nor can it be valued in pure gold.
20 vv 23, 28 “Where then does wisdom come from?
And where is the place of understanding?
21It is hidden from the eyes of all living
and concealed from the birds of the air.
22 Job 26.6 Abaddon and Death say,
‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
23 vv 23–28 “God understands the way to it,
and he knows its place.
24 Ps 33.13; Prov 15.3 For he looks to the ends of the earth
and sees everything under the heavens.
25 Job 12.15; Ps 135.7 When he gave to the wind its weight
and apportioned out the waters by measure,
26 Job 37.3, 6, 11, 12; 38.25 when he made a decree for the rain,
and a way for the thunderbolt,
27then he saw it and declared it;
he established it and searched it out.
28 Deut 4.6; Ps 111.10; Prov 1.7; 9.10 And he said to humankind,
‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
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