Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
Surely there is for silver a
source
, And a place for the
gold they refine;
Surely there is a
vein
for the
silver, and a place for gold where
they fine
it.
Iron from
the
dust
is taken, And `from'
the firm
stone brass
.
Iron is taken out
of
the
earth
, and brass
is
molten
out
of
the stone.
An end hath
he
set
to darkness, And to
all perfection he
is
searching,
A
stone
of darkness and death -shade
.
He
setteth
an end to darkness, and searcheth
out
all perfection :
the
stones
of darkness ,
and the
shadow
of
death.
A
stream
hath
broken
out from a
sojourner,
Those
forgotten of the foot ,
They were
low
, from
man
they wandered
.
The
flood
breaketh
out from the
inhabitant;
even
the
waters
forgotten of the foot :
they are
dried
up
, they are
gone
away
from
men
.
The earth !
from
it cometh forth
bread ,
And its
under -part
is turned like
fire.
As
for
the earth ,
out
of
it cometh bread :
and under it
is turned up
as
it
were
fire.
A
place
of
the sapphire
`are'
its
stones ,
And it hath dust of gold.
The stones of
it
are
the
place
of
sapphires:
and it hath dust of gold.
A path --
not
known
it
hath
a
ravenous
fowl, Nor
scorched
it
hath
an
eye
of
the kite,
There
is
a path which
no
fowl knoweth
, and
which
the vulture's
eye
hath
not
seen:
Nor
trodden
it
have
the sons
of
pride,
Not passed
over
it hath
the fierce lion.
The lion's
whelps
have
not trodden
it ,
nor
the fierce lion passed
by
it
.
Against
the
flint
he sent
forth his hand ,
He overturned
from
the root
mountains.
He putteth
forth his hand upon
the
rock;
he overturneth
the mountains by
the
roots
.
Among rocks ,
brooks
he
hath
cleaved,
And every precious thing hath
his
eye
seen
.
He
cutteth
out
rivers
among the
rocks ;
and his
eye
seeth
every precious thing.
From overflowing floods
he
hath
bound,
And the hidden
thing bringeth out
`
to '
light.
He
bindeth
the
floods
from overflowing ;
and the thing that
is
hid
bringeth he
forth
to light.
And
the
wisdom --
whence
is
it
found? And where `
is '
this,
the place of understanding?
But
where
shall
wisdom be
found? and where is the place of understanding?
Man hath
not known
its
arrangement,
Nor
is it found in the land of the living.
Man knoweth
not the
price
thereof;
neither
is it found in the land of the living.
The deep
hath
said
, `
It `
is '
not in me ,'
And the sea hath
said
, `
It is not with me. '
The depth
saith
, It is not in me :
and the sea saith
, It is not with me.
Gold
is
not
given
for
it, Nor
is
silver weighed --
its
price.
It cannot
be
gotten
for
gold
, neither
shall
silver be
weighed for
the
price thereof
.
It is
not
valued with pure
gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and
sapphire
,
It cannot
be
valued with the
gold of Ophir, with the
precious onyx, or
the
sapphire.
Not
equal
it
do
gold and crystal ,
Nor
`is'
its
exchange a
vessel
of fine gold.
The
gold and the
crystal cannot
equal
it:
and
the
exchange of it
shall
not
be
for
jewels
of
fine gold.
Corals
and
pearl
are
not
remembered
, The acquisition
of wisdom `
is '
above rubies.
No
mention
shall
be
made
of
coral
, or
of
pearls:
for
the price
of wisdom is above rubies.
Not
equal
it
doth
the topaz of Cush
, With pure gold it
is
not
valued
.
The topaz of Ethiopia
shall
not
equal
it
, neither
shall
it
be
valued
with pure gold.
And
the
wisdom
--
whence doth
it
come
? And where `
is '
this,
the place of understanding?
Whence then
cometh
wisdom
? and where is the place of understanding?
It hath
been
hid from the eyes of all living .
And from the fowl
of the heavens
It
hath
been
hidden
.
Seeing
it is
hid from the eyes of all living ,
and kept
close
from the fowls
of the air
.
Destruction and death have
said:
`With
our
ears
we have heard its
fame. '
Destruction and death say,
We have heard the
fame thereof
with
our
ears
.
God hath
understood
its
way, And He hath
known
its
place.
God understandeth
the
way thereof
, and he knoweth
the
place thereof
.
For He to the ends of the earth doth
look
, Under the whole heavens
He
doth
see,
For he looketh
to the ends of the earth, and
seeth
under the whole heaven;
To make for
the wind
a
weight ,
And the waters He
meted
out
in
measure.
To make the weight for
the
winds;
and he
weigheth
the waters by
measure.
In
His
making
for the rain a
limit
, And a way for the brightness
of the voices,
When
he
made
a
decree
for the rain, and a way for the lightning
of the thunder:
Then He hath
seen
and
declareth
it, He hath
prepared it, and also
searched it out ,
Then did
he see
it, and
declare
it;
he prepared it, yea,
and searched it out .
And He
saith
to
man :
--
`Lo
, fear of the Lord, that `
is '
wisdom ,
And to turn
from evil `
is '
understanding. '
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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