Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
New Revised Standard NRS
1 Silver hath beginnings of its veins, and gold hath a place wherein it is melted.
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"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold to be refined.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.
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Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
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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Miners put an end to darkness, and search out to the farthest bound the ore in gloom and deep darkness.
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 open shafts in a valley away from human habitation; they are forgotten by travelers, they sway suspended, remote from people.
5 The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.
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As for the earth, out of it comes bread; but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.
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Its stones are the place of sapphires, and its dust contains gold.
7 The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it.
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"That path no bird of prey knows, and the falcon's eye has not seen it.
8 The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither hath the lioness passed by it.
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The proud wild animals have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it.
9 He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots.
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"They put their hand to the flinty rock, and overturn mountains by the roots.
10 In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing.
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They cut out channels in the rocks, and their eyes see every precious thing.
11 The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.
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The sources of the rivers they probe; hidden things they bring to light.
12 But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?
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"But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of 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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Mortals do not know the way to it, and it is not found in the land of the living.
14 The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me.
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The deep says, "It is not in me,' and the sea says, "It is not with me.'
15 The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.
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It cannot be gotten for gold, and silver cannot be weighed out as its price.
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 cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
17 Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.
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Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of 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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No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.
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The chrysolite of Ethiopia cannot compare with it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
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"Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of 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 living, and concealed from the birds of the air.
22 Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.
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Abaddon and Death say, "We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'
23 God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.
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"God understands the way to it, and he knows its place.
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 to the ends of the 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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When he gave to the wind its weight, and apportioned out the waters by measure;
26 When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.
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when he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the thunderbolt;
27 Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it.
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then he saw it and declared it; he established it, and searched it out.
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 he said to humankind, "Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.' "
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