17. Wisdom is more valuable than gold and crystal.It cannot be purchased with jewels mounted in fine gold.
18. Coral and jasper are worthless in trying to get it.The price of wisdom is far above rubies.
19. Precious peridot from Ethiopia cannot be exchanged for it.It’s worth more than the purest gold.
20. “But do people know where to find wisdom?Where can they find understanding?
21. It is hidden from the eyes of all humanity.Even the sharp-eyed birds in the sky cannot discover it.