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Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
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ወቦ ፡ ብሔረ ፡ እምኀበ ፡ ይወፅእ ፡ ብሩር ። ወለወርቅኒ ፡ ቦ ፡ ብሔረ ፡ እምኀበ ፡ የአርዎ ።
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Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
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ወኃጺንሂ ፡ እምውስተ ፡ ምድር ፡ ይትገበር ። ብርተኒ ፡ ከመ ፡ እብን ፡ ይፈጽሕዎ ።
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He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
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ለጽልመትኒ ፡ አዘዘ ፡ ዕድሜሁ ። ወለኵሉ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ የሐቶ ። ወእብነ ፡ ጽልመት ፡ ወጽላሎተ ፡ ሞት ።
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The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
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ከመ ፡ ሥጥቀተ ፡ ፈለግ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ መሬት ። እለ ፡ ይረስዕዋ ፡ ለፍኖት ፡ ጽድቅ ፡ ደክሙ ፡ በኃጢአቶሙ ።
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As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
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ለምድርኒ ፡ ይወፅእ ፡ እምኔሃ ፡ እክል ። ወበታሕቴሃኒ ፡ ጥብሉል ፡ ከመ ፡ እሳት ።
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The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
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ብሔርሂ ፡ ዘእብነ ፡ ሰንፒር ። ወወርቆሙኒ ፡ ከመ ፡ መሬት ።
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There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
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ፍኖተ ፡ ዘኢርኢያ ፡ ዖፍ ። ወኢነጸራ ፡ ዐይነ ፡ ንስር ።
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The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
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ወኢኬድዋ ፡ ደቂቀ ፡ ዝዑራን ። ወኢኃለፈ ፡ አንበሳ ፡ ውስቴታ ።
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He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
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ወአንሥአ ፡ እዴሁ ፡ በእዝሕ ። ወገፍትኦሙ ፡ ለአድባር ፡ እምሥርዎሙ ።
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He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
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ወሠጠቀ ፡ አንቅዕተ ፡ አፍላግ ። ወርእየት ፡ ዓይንየ ፡ ክቡራተ ።
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He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
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ወሠጠቀ ፡ ቀላያተ ፡ ዘአፍላግ ። ወአርአየ ፡ ኀይሎ ፡ በውስተ ፡ ብርሃን ።
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But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
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ወእምአይቴ ፡ ተረክበት ፡ ጥበብ ። ወአይቴ ፡ ብሔራ ፡ ለጥበብ ።
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Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
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ኢያአምራ ፡ መዋቲ ፡ ለፍኖታ ። ወኢሀለወት ፡ ኀበ ፡ እጓለ ፡ እመ ፡ ሕያው ።
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The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
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ወቀላይኒ ፡ ትቤ ፡ ኢሀሎት ፡ ኀቤየሰ ። ወባሕርኒ ፡ ትቤ ፡ ኢነበረት ፡ ኀቤየ ።
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It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
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ወአልቦ ፡ ዘይትረክብ ፡ ዘከማሃ ። ወኢይዳልዋ ፡ ብሩር ፡ ተውላጣ ።
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It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
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ወኢትጸወር ፡ በወርቀ ፡ ኦፍር ። ወኢበ ፡ ባለቅ ፡ ቅድው ፡ ወኢበ ፡ ሰንፒር ።
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The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
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ወኢይትማሰላ ፡ ወርቅ ፡ ወማህው ። ወቤዛሃኒ ፡ ንዋየ ፡ ወርቅ ።
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No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
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ዝሉፍ ፡ ወዕንቡዝ ፡ ኢይዘክርዋ ። ወሰሐባ ፡ ለጥበብ ፡ በአምጣነ ፡ ኃይልከ ።
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The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
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ወኢይትዓረያ ፡ ተንካራ ፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ ። ወኢትጸወር ፡ በወርቅ ፡ ጽሩይ ።
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Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
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ወጥበብ ፡ አይቴ ፡ ተረክበት ። ወአይቴ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ብሔራ ፡ ለምክር ።
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Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
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ተረስዐት ፡ እምኵሉ ፡ ሰብእ ። ወተኀብአት ፡ እምአዕዋፈ ፡ ሰማይ ።
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Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
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ወሞትሂ ፡ ወሲኦልሂ ፡ ይቤሉ ። ሰማዕነኬ ፡ ድምፃሰ ።
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God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
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እግዚአ ፡ ብሔር ፡ አሠነየ ፡ ፍኖታ ። ወውእቱ ፡ ለሊሁ ፡ ያአምር ፡ ብሔራ ።
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For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
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ወውእቱ ፡ ይሬኢ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ዘመተሕተ ፡ ሰማይ ። ወያአምር ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ዘውስተ ፡ ምድር ።
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To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
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ዘለሊሁ ፡ ገብረ ፡ ለነፋሳትኒ ፡ በመዳልው ። ወማይኒ ፡ በመስፈርት ።
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When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
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አመ ፡ ፈጠረ ፡ ከመዝ ፡ አእሚሮ ፡ ኍልቈ ። ወፍኖተ ፡ ያሜክርዎ ፡ ለቃል ።
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Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
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ወርኢያ ፡ አሜሁ ፡ ወኍለቋ ። ወአስተዳለዋሂ ፡ ወሰሐባ ።
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And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
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ወይቤሎ ፡ ለእጓለ ፡ እመ ፡ ሕያው ። ፈራሄ ፡ እግዚአ ፡ ብሔር ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ጥበብ ። ወተግሕሦ ፡ እምእኩይ ፡ አእምሮ ፡ ውእቱ ።
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