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.
22. Destruction and Death say,‘We’ve heard only rumors of where wisdom can be found.’
23. “God alone understands the way to wisdom;he knows where it can be found,
24. for he looks throughout the whole earthand sees everything under the heavens.