19. Ethiopian topaz does not equal her,nor can she be weighed out for pure gold.
20. As for wisdom, where does she come from?Where is the place of understanding?
21. She is hidden from the eyes of every living thing;even from the birds of the air she is concealed.
22. Abaddon and Death say,“Only by rumor have we heard of her.”
23. But God understands the way to her;it is he who knows her place.
24. For he beholds the ends of the earthand sees all that is under the heavens.
25. When he weighed out the wind,and measured out the waters;
26. When he made a rule for the rainand a path for the thunderbolts,
27. Then he saw wisdom and appraised her,established her, and searched her out.
28. And to mortals he said:See: the fear of the Lord is wisdom;and avoiding evil is understanding.