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UST JOB Chapter 28

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28 “There certainly are places where people dig to find silver.

There certainly are places where people refine gold that they have dug from the ground.

2 People get iron from ore that they dig out of the ground.

They get copper by heating and melting ore that contains it.

3 People use lamps so that they can see while they work far down under the ground.

They search for ore in many places where it is very dark.

4 People dig shafts deep into the ground in places that are far from where other people live,

As they work underground, the people who walk above them are not aware of them.

People have to climb down ropes in order to descend into the deep shafts they have dug.

5 Food grows on the surface of the ground.

But deep below the ground, miners make fires to break apart the rocks.

6 The stones that people dig from under the ground contain sapphires.

The dirt they dig up contains bits of gold.

7 Even birds that have very good eyesight can not see deep down into these mines.

Even birds such as falcons have not looked into them.

8 Strong beasts can go wherever they want, but they have never gone to those places.

Not even lions have gone there.

9 Miners dig through even very hard rock.

It is as though they are turning mountains upside down in order to get at the ore that is at the bases of them.

10 Miners cut tunnels through rocks

in order to find many precious things.

11 They dam up small streams to stop the water from flowing.

That allows them to find things that were hidden beneath the water of the streams.

12 It takes great effort to find valuable ore. It is even more difficult to obtain wisdom.

Yes, it is very difficult to obtain understanding.

13 Humans do not know how to obtain wisdom.

Wisdom is not available on earth, where people live.

14 It is as though the ocean depths and the water of the seas said,

‘There is no wisdom here!’

15 People can not buy wisdom

by paying for it with gold or silver.

16 Wisdom is worth much more than fine gold that comes from the land of Ophir.

Wisdom is worth much more than very valuable stones.

17 Wisdom is worth much more than gold or beautiful quartz.

It is more expensive than an article made of pure gold.

18 Wisdom is worth more than coral or jasper.

The price of wisdom is higher than the price of rubies.

19 Wisdom is worth more than topaz from the land of Cush.

One can not express the value of wisdom even in terms of gold.

20 So, then, wisdom is very difficult to obtain;

understanding is indeed a very valuable thing to get.

21 Living creatures are not able to see it.

Not even the birds can see it while they are up in the sky.

22 Even after people die, they do not have a better experience of wisdom

in the different place to which they go.

23 God is the only one who knows how people can become wise.

24 God knows this because he can see everything on earth, even in its most remote places.

God can see everything that is below the sky.

25 He decided how strongly the winds should blow

and how much rain should be in the clouds.

26 God decided where rain should fall

and what path lightning should take from the clouds down to the ground.

27 At that time, he identified wisdom and recognized that it was very valuable.

He was delighted by its capabilities and made it a permanent part of his creation.

28 Then God told human beings, ‘Listen! You will become wise to the extent that you respect me.

If you want to understand what you should do, you must first decide that you will not do anything wicked.’

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