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| Job 28:1 |
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Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a
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| Job 28:2 |
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Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is
molten out of the stone. |
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| Job 28:3 |
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He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth
out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. |
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| Job 28:4 |
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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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| Job 28:5 |
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As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and
under it is turned up as it were fire. |
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| Job 28:6 |
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The stones of it are the place of sapphires:
and it hath dust of gold. |
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| Job 28:7 |
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There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which
the vulture's eye hath not seen: |
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| Job 28:8 |
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The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the
fierce lion passed by it. |
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| Job 28:9 |
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He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he
overturneth the mountains by the roots. |
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| Job 28:10 |
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He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his
eye seeth every precious thing. |
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| Job 28:11 |
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He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and
the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. |
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| Job 28:12 |
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But where shall wisdom be found? and where is
the place of understanding? |
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| Job 28:13 |
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Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is
it found in the land of the living. |
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| Job 28:14 |
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The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea
saith, It is not with me. |
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| Job 28:15 |
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It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall
silver be weighed for the price thereof. |
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| Job 28:16 |
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It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir,
with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. |
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| Job 28:17 |
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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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| Job 28:18 |
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No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls:
for the price of wisdom is above rubies. |
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| Job 28:19 |
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The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither
shall it be valued with pure gold. |
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| Job 28:20 |
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Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the
place of understanding? |
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| Job 28:21 |
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Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living,
and kept close from the fowls of the air. |
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| Job 28:22 |
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Destruction and death say, We have heard the
fame thereof with our ears. |
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| Job 28:23 |
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God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth
the place thereof. |
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| Job 28:24 |
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For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and
seeth under the whole heaven; |
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| Job 28:25 |
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To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth
the waters by measure. |
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| Job 28:26 |
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When he made a decree for the rain, and a way
for the lightning of the thunder: |
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| Job 28:27 |
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Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared
it, yea, and searched it out. |
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| Job 28:28 |
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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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