17. Gold or crystal can't compare with it. It can't be bought with jewels made of gold.
18. Don't bother to talk about coral and jasper. Wisdom is worth far more than rubies.
19. A topaz from Cush can't compare with it. It can't be bought with the purest gold.
20. "So where does wisdom come from? Where does understanding live?
21. It's hidden from the eyes of every living thing. Even the birds of the air can't find it.
22. Death and the Grave say, 'Only reports about it have reached our ears.'
23. But God understands the way to it. He's the only one who knows where it lives.