Surely{H3426} there is a mine{H4161} for silver,{H3701} And a place{H4725} for gold{H2091} which they refine.{H2212}

Iron{H1270} is taken{H3947} out of the earth,{H6083} And copper{H5154} is molten{H6694} out of the stone.{H68}

[ Man] setteth{H7760} an end{H7093} to darkness,{H2822} And searcheth out,{H2713} to the furthest bound,{H8503} The stones{H68} of obscurity{H652} and of thick darkness.{H6757}

He breaketh open{H6555} a shaft{H5158} away from where men sojourn;{H1481} They are forgotten{H7911} of the foot;{H7272} They hang{H1809} afar{H5128} from men,{H582} they swing to and fro.

As for the earth,{H776} out of it cometh{H3318} bread;{H3899} And underneath it is turned up{H2015} as it were by fire.{H784}

The stones{H68} thereof are the place{H4725} of sapphires,{H5601} And it hath dust{H6083} of gold.{H2091}

That path{H5410} no bird{H5861} of prey knoweth,{H3045} Neither hath the falcon's{H344} eye{H5869} seen{H7805} it:

The proud{H7830} beasts{H1121} have not trodden{H1869} it, Nor hath the fierce lion{H7826} passed{H5710} thereby.

He putteth forth{H7971} his hand{H3027} upon the flinty rock;{H2496} He overturneth{H2015} the mountains{H2022} by the roots.{H8328}

He cutteth out{H1234} channels{H2975} among the rocks;{H6697} And his eye{H5869} seeth{H7200} every precious thing.{H3366}

He bindeth{H2280} the streams{H5104} that they trickle{H1065} not; And the thing that is hid{H8587} bringeth he forth{H3318} to light.{H216}

But where{H370} shall wisdom{H2451} be found?{H4672} And where is the place{H4725} of understanding?{H998}

Man{H582} knoweth{H3045} not the price{H6187} thereof; Neither is it found{H4672} in the land{H776} of the living.{H2416}

The deep{H8415} saith,{H559} It is not in me; And the sea{H3220} saith,{H559} It is not with me.

It cannot be gotten{H5414} for gold,{H5458} Neither shall silver{H3701} be weighed{H8254} for the price{H4242} thereof.

It cannot be valued{H5541} with the gold{H3800} of Ophir,{H211} With the precious{H3368} onyx,{H7718} or the sapphire.{H5601}

Gold{H2091} and glass{H2137} cannot equal{H6186} it, Neither shall it be exchanged{H8545} for jewels{H3627} of fine gold.{H6337}

No mention{H2142} shall be made of coral{H7215} or of crystal:{H1378} Yea, the price{H4901} of wisdom{H2451} is above rubies.{H6443}

The topaz{H6357} of Ethiopia{H3568} shall not equal{H6186} it, Neither shall it be valued{H5541} with pure{H2889} gold.{H3800}

Whence{H370} then cometh{H935} wisdom?{H2451} And where is the place{H4725} of understanding?{H998}

Seeing it is hid{H5956} from the eyes{H5869} of all living,{H2416} And kept close{H5641} from the birds{H5775} of the heavens.{H8064}

Destruction{H11} and Death{H4194} say,{H559} We have heard{H8085} a rumor{H8088} thereof with our ears.{H241}

God{H430} understandeth{H995} the way{H1870} thereof, And he knoweth{H3045} the place{H4725} thereof.

For he looketh{H5027} to the ends{H7098} of the earth,{H776} And seeth{H7200} under the whole heaven;{H8064}

To make{H6213} a weight{H4948} for the wind:{H7307} Yea, he meteth{H8505} out the waters{H4325} by measure.{H4060}

When he made{H6213} a decree{H2706} for the rain,{H4306} And a way{H1870} for the lightning{H2385} of the thunder;{H6963}

Then did he see{H7200} it, and declare{H5608} it; He established{H3559} it, yea, and searched it out.{H2713}

And unto man{H120} he said,{H559} Behold, the fear{H3374} of the Lord,{H136} that is wisdom;{H2451} And to depart{H5493} from evil{H7451} is understanding.{H998}