Part 24

18:028:008 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

18:028:009 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

18:028:010 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.

18:028:011 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

18:028:012 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

18:028:013 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

18:028:014 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

18:028:015 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

18:028:016 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

18:028:017 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

18:028:018 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

18:028:019 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

18:028:020 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

18:028:021 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

18:028:022 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

18:028:023 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

18:028:024 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;

18:028:025 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

18:028:026 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

18:028:027 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

18:028:028 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

18:029:001 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

18:029:002 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

18:029:003 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

18:029:004 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

18:029:005 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

18:029:006 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

18:029:007 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!