Chapter 3 _{16 Where are the princes of the heathen become, and such as ruled the beasts upon the earth;17 They that had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and they that hoarded up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and made no end of their getting?18 For they that wrought in silver, and were so careful, and whose works are unsearchable,19 They are vanished and gone down to the grave, and others are come up in their steads.20 Young men have seen light, and dwelt upon the earth: but the way of knowledge have they not known,21 Nor understood the paths thereof, nor laid hold of it: their children were far off from that way.22 It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.23 The Agarenes that seek wisdom upon earth, the merchants of Meran and of Theman, the authors of fables, and searchers out of understanding; none of these have known the way of wisdom, or remember her paths.24 O Israel, how great is the house of God! and how large is the place of his possession!25 Great, and hath none end; high, and unmeasurable.26 There were the giants famous from the beginning, that were of so great stature, and so expert in war.27 Those did not the Lord choose, neither gave he the way of knowledge unto them:28 But they were destroyed, because they had no wisdom, and perished through their own foolishness.29 Who hath gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?30 Who hath gone over the sea, and found her, and will bring her for pure gold?31 No man knoweth her way, nor thinketh of her path.32 But he that knoweth all things knoweth her, and hath found her out with his understanding: he that prepared the earth for evermore hath filled it with fourfooted beasts:33 He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth, calleth it again, and it obeyeth him with fear.34 The stars shined in their watches, and rejoiced: when he calleth them, they say, Here we be; and so with cheerfulness they shewed light unto him that made them.35 This is our God, and there shall none other be accounted of in comparison of him}