Post by 1Jy3qV…qp6t

As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

`Man' setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.

It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.

Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.

Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven;

No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.

But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.

He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.

The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.