1Surely there is a mine for silver,
2Iron is taken out of the earth,
3Man setteth an end to darkness,
4He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn;
5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread;
6The stones thereof are the place of sapphires,
7That path no bird of prey knoweth,
8The proud beasts have not trodden it,
9He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock;
10He cutteth out channels among the rocks;
11He bindeth the streams that they trickle not;
12But where shall wisdom be found?
13Man knoweth not the price thereof;
14The deep saith, It is not in me;
15It cannot be gotten for gold,
16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir,
17Gold and glass cannot equal it,
18No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal:
19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it,
20Whence then cometh wisdom?
21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living,
22Destruction and Death say,
23God understandeth the way thereof,
24For he looketh to the ends of the earth,
25To make a weight for the wind:
26When he made a decree for the rain,
27Then did he see it, and declare it;
28And unto man he said,