Daily Bible CEV September 13 Verses

Job Continues

Gold and Silver Are Mined

Job 28 Gold and silver are mined, then purified;

the same is done with iron and copper.

³Miners carry lanterns deep into the darkness

to search for these metals.

⁴They dig tunnels in distant, unknown places,

where they dangle by ropes.

⁵Far beneath the grain fields,

fires are built to break loose those rocks

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that have jewels or gold.

⁷Miners go to places unseen by the eyes of hawks;

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they walk on soil unknown to the proudest lions.

⁹With their own hands they remove sharp rocks

and uproot mountains.

¹⁰They dig through the rocks in search of jewels

and precious metals.

¹¹They also uncover the sources of rivers

and discover secret places.

Where Is Wisdom Found?

¹²But where is wisdom found? ¹³No human knows the way.

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Nor can it be discovered in the deepest sea.

^*15It is worth much more than silver or pure gold

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or precious stones.

¹⁷Nothing is its equal-- not gold or costly glass.

¹⁸Wisdom is worth much more than

coral, jasper, or rubies.

¹⁹All the topaz of Ethiopia and the finest gold

cannot compare with it.

²⁰Where then is wisdom?

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It is hidden from human eyes and even from birds.

²²Death and destruction have merely heard rumors

about where it is found.

²³God is the only one who knows the way to wisdom,

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because he sees everything beneath the heavens.

²⁵When God divided out the wind and the water,

²⁶and when he decided the path for rain and lightning,

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he also determined the truth and defined wisdom.

²⁸God told us, "Wisdom means that you respect me, the Lord,

and turn from sin."

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