Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
New Living Translation NLT
1 Silver hath beginnings of its veins, and gold hath a place wherein it is melted.
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“People know where to mine silver and how to refine gold.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.
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They know where to dig iron from the earth and how to smelt copper from rock.
3 He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death.
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They know how to shine light in the darkness and explore the farthest regions of the earth as they search in the dark for ore.
4 The flood divideth from the people that are on their journey, those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at.
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They sink a mine shaft into the earth far from where anyone lives. They descend on ropes, swinging back and forth.
5 The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.
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Food is grown on the earth above, but down below, the earth is melted as by fire.
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.
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Here the rocks contain precious lapis lazuli, and the dust contains gold.
7 The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it.
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These are treasures no bird of prey can see, no falcon’s eye observe.
8 The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither hath the lioness passed by it.
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No wild animal has walked upon these treasures; no lion has ever set his paw there.
9 He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots.
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People know how to tear apart flinty rocks and overturn the roots of mountains.
10 In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing.
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They cut tunnels in the rocks and uncover precious stones.
11 The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.
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They dam up the trickling streams and bring to light the hidden treasures.
12 But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?
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“But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding?
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.
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No one knows where to find it, for it is not found among the living.
14 The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me.
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‘It is not here,’ says the ocean. ‘Nor is it here,’ says the sea.
15 The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.
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It cannot be bought with gold. It cannot be purchased with silver.
16 It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.
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It’s worth more than all the gold of Ophir, greater than precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
17 Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.
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Wisdom is more valuable than gold and crystal. It cannot be purchased with jewels mounted in fine gold.
18 High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.
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Coral and jasper are worthless in trying to get it. The price of wisdom is far above rubies.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.
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Precious peridot from Ethiopia cannot be exchanged for it. It’s worth more than the purest gold.
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
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“But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding?
21 It is hid from the eyes of all living, and the fowls of the air know it not.
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It is hidden from the eyes of all humanity. Even the sharp-eyed birds in the sky cannot discover it.
22 Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.
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Destruction and Death say, ‘We’ve heard only rumors of where wisdom can be found.’
23 God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.
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“God alone understands the way to wisdom; he knows where it can be found,
24 For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.
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for he looks throughout the whole earth and sees everything under the heavens.
25 Who made a weight for the winds, and weighed the waters by measure.
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He decided how hard the winds should blow and how much rain should fall.
26 When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.
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He made the laws for the rain and laid out a path for the lightning.
27 Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it.
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Then he saw wisdom and evaluated it. He set it in place and examined it thoroughly.
28 And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.
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And this is what he says to all humanity: ‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding.’”
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