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 crystal: 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. From where then comes wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21. Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowls of the air.
22. Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame of it with our ears.
23. God understands its way, and he knows its place.