Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
1Ampa ara dwetɛ wɔ ntokuro, na sika kɔkɔɔ wɔ beaeɛ a wɔnane no.Under pastoral review
2Wɔtu dadeɛ firi asase mu, na wɔnane kɔbere firi ɔbo mu.Under pastoral review
3Ɔde awieeɛ ba esum so, na ɔhwehwɛ deɛ ɛyɛ pɛ nyinaa mu: esum aboɔ, ne owuo sunsuma.Under pastoral review
4Nsuyire bɔ firi deɛ ɔte hɔ nkyɛn; nsuo a nan werɛ afiri: ɛwewe, na ɛfiri nnipa nkyɛn kɔ.Under pastoral review
5Asase deɛ, emu na aduane firi ba: na wɔdane ɛase sɛdeɛ ɛyɛ ogya.Under pastoral review
6N'aboɔ yɛ safire aboɔ siberɛ: na sika kɔkɔɔ mfuturo wɔ mu.Under pastoral review
7Ɛkwan bi wɔ hɔ a anomaa biara nnim, na ɔpete ani nhunuiɛ:Under pastoral review
8Agyata mma ntiatia so, na gyata a ne bo yɛ duru ntwam so.Under pastoral review
9Ɔtene ne nsa wɔ ɔbotan so; ɔdane mmepɔ firi ne ntini mu.Under pastoral review
10Ɔtwa nsubɔntene mu wɔ abotan mu; na n'ani hunu adeɛ a ɛsom bo biara.Under pastoral review
11Ɔkyekyere nsuyire sɛ ɛnnyɛ mmuburu; na ɔde deɛ ahinta ba hann mu.Under pastoral review
12Nanso ɛhe na wɔbɛhunu nyansa? na ɛhe ne nteaseɛ siberɛ?Under pastoral review
13Onipa nnim ne boɔ; na wɔnhunu no ateasefoɔ asase so.Under pastoral review
14Ebunu ka sɛ, Ɛnni me mu: na ɛpo ka sɛ, Ɛnni me nkyɛn.Under pastoral review
15Wɔntumi mfa sika kɔkɔɔ nnya no, na wɔnkari dwetɛ mma ne boɔ.Under pastoral review
16Wɔntumi mfa Ofir sika kɔkɔɔ mmu ne boɔ, anaa onikise a ɛsom bo, anaa safire.Under pastoral review
17Sika kɔkɔɔ ne ahwehwɛ ntumi nsɛ no: na wɔnsesa no mma sika kɔkɔɔ amapa adwinneɛ.Under pastoral review
18Wɔrenka koral anaa nhwene pa ho asɛm: efisɛ nyansa boɔ boro abohemaa so.Under pastoral review
19Etiopia topas rensɛ no, na wɔremfa sika kɔkɔɔ kronn mmu ne boɔ.Under pastoral review
20Ɛnneɛ ɛhe na nyansa firi ba? na ɛhe ne nteaseɛ siberɛ?Under pastoral review
21Ɛsiane sɛ ahinta ateasefoɔ nyinaa ani so, na wɔde asie ewiem nnomaa.Under pastoral review
22Ɔsɛeɛ ne owuo ka sɛ, Yɛde yɛn aso ate ne din.Under pastoral review
23Onyankopɔn te n'ɛkwan ase, na ɔnim ne siberɛ.Under pastoral review
24Efisɛ ɔhwɛ asase ano nyinaa, na ɔhunu ɔsoro nyinaa ase;Under pastoral review
25Sɛ ɔbɛyɛ mframa mu duru; na ɔkari nsuo wɔ susudua mu.Under pastoral review
26Ɛberɛ a ɔhyɛɛ mmara maa osuo, ne ɛkwan maa aprannaa anyinam:Under pastoral review
27Afei ɔhunuiɛ, na ɔdaa no adi; ɔsiesiee no, aane, na ɔhwehwɛɛ mu.Under pastoral review
28Na ɔka kyerɛɛ onipa sɛ, Hwɛ, Awurade suro, ɛno ne nyansa; na sɛ obi bɛfiri bɔne ho no, ɛno ne nteaseɛ.Under pastoral review