6. Its stones are the source of sapphires,and it has dust of gold.
7. There is a path that no bird knows,and that the vulture’s eye has not seen;
8. the lion cubs have not trodden it,nor has the fierce lion passed by it.
9. He puts forth his hand upon the rock;he overturns the mountains by the roots.
10. He cuts out rivers among the rocks,and his eye sees every precious thing.
11. He prevents the floods from overflowing,and the thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.
12. “But where will wisdom be found?And where is the place of understanding?
13. Man does not know its price,nor is it found in the land of the living.
14. The depth says, ‘It is not in me,’and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
15. It cannot be bought for gold,nor can silver be weighed for its price.
16. It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,with the precious onyx or the sapphire.
17. The gold and the crystal cannot equal it,and it cannot be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18. No mention will be made of coral or of pearls,for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19. The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it,nor will it be valued with pure gold.