8. The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the shachal (lion's cub) passed over it.
9. He [the miner] putteth forth his yad upon the rock; he upturneth the mountains by the shoresh.
10. He cutteth out channels through the tzurot (rocks), and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11. He dams up the streams from flowing, and the thing that is hidden bringeth he forth to ohr.
12. But where shall chochmah be found? And where is the makom binah?
13. Enosh knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the Eretz HaChayyim.
14. The tehom (abyss) saith, It is not in me; and the yam saith, It is not with me.
15. It cannot be gotten in exchange for fine gold, neither shall kesef be weighed for the price thereof.
16. It cannot be valued with the fine gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17. The zahav and the crystal cannot equal it, and the exchange of it shall not be for the jewel of gold.
18. Nor shall mention be made of coral or crystal, for the price of chochmah is above pearls.
19. The chrysolite of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with tahor gold.
20. From where then cometh chochmah? And where is the makom binah?