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!
18:029:008 The young men saw me, and hid themselves:
and the aged arose,
and
stood up.
18:029:009 The princes refrained talking, and laid
their hand on their
mouth.
18:029:010 The nobles held their peace, and their
tongue cleaved to the
roof
of their mouth.
18:029:011 When the ear heard me, then it blessed
me; and when the eye
saw
me, it gave witness to me:
18:029:012 Because I delivered the poor that cried,
and the fatherless,
and
him that had none to help him.
18:029:013 The blessing of him that was ready to perish
came upon me: and
I
caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
18:029:014 I put on righteousness, and it clothed
me: my judgment was as
a
robe and a diadem.


