13. A human being does not know its proper value, and it is not found in the land of the living.
14. The deep says, ‘It is not in me,’ and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
15. “Refined gold cannot be gotten in its place, and silver cannot be weighed out as its price.
16. It cannot be bought for the gold of Ophir, for precious onyx or sapphire.
17. Gold and glass cannot be compared with it, and its substitution cannot be an ornament of refined gold.
18. Black corals and crystal will not be mentioned, and wisdom’s price is more than red corals.
19. The topaz of Cush cannot be compared with it; it cannot be bought for pure gold.
20. Indeed, from where does wisdom come? And where in the world is the place of understanding?
21. It is hidden from the eyes of all living, and it is concealed from the birds of the heaven.
22. Abaddon and Death say, ‘We heard its rumor with our ears.’
23. “God understands its way, and he knows its place,
24. for he himself looks to the end of the earth; he sees under all the heaven.