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1 - Silver hath beginnings of its veins, and gold hath a place wherein it is melted.

2 - Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.

3 - He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death.

4 - The flood divideth from the people that are on their journey, those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at.

5 - The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.

6 - The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.

7 - The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it.

8 - The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither hath the lioness passed by it.

9 - He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots.

10 - In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing.

11 - The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.

12 - But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?

13 - Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.

14 - The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me.

15 - The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.

16 - It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.

17 - Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.

18 - High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.

19 - The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.

20 - Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

21 - It is hid from the eyes of all living, and the fowls of the air know it not.

22 - Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.

23 - God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.

24 - For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.

25 - Who made a weight for the winds, and weighed the waters by measure.

26 - When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.

27 - Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it.

28 - And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.