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They that had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and they that hoarded up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and made no end of their getting?
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For they that wrought in silver, and were so careful, and whose works are unsearchable,
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They are vanished and gone down to the grave, and others are come up in their steads.
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Young men have seen light, and dwelt upon the earth: but the way of knowledge have they not known,
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Nor understood the paths thereof, nor laid hold of it: their children were far off from that way.
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It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.
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The Agarenes that seek wisdom upon earth, the merchants of Meran and of Theman, the authors of fables, and searchers out of understanding; none of these have known the way of wisdom, or remember her paths.
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O Israel, how great is the house of God! and how large is the place of his possession!
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Great, and hath none end; high, and unmeasurable.
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There were the giants famous from the beginning, that were of so great stature, and so expert in war.
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Those did not the Lord choose, neither gave he the way of knowledge unto them: