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those who scheme to get silver, and are anxious, whose labors are beyond measure?
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They have vanished and gone down to Hades, and others have arisen in their place.
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Young men have seen the light of day, and have dwelt upon the earth; but they have not learned the way to knowledge, nor understood her paths, nor laid hold of her.
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Their sons have strayed far from her way.
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She has not been heard of in Canaan, nor seen in Teman;
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the sons of Hagar, who seek for understanding on the earth, the merchants of Merran and Teman, the story-tellers and the seekers for understanding, have not learned the way to wisdom, nor given thought to her paths.
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O Israel, how great is the house of God! And how vast the territory that he possesses!
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It is great and has no bounds; it is high and immeasurable.
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The giants were born there, who were famous of old, great in stature, expert in war.
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God did not choose them, nor give them the way to knowledge;
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so they perished because they had no wisdom, they perished through their folly.