And to man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom! And to depart from evil is understanding!

Surely there is a mine for the silver, and a place where they refine gold.

But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

making a weight for the winds, and measuring out the waters by measure.

Iron is taken out of the earth, and bronze is melted out of the stone.

For He looks to the end of the earth, and sees under all the heavens;

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls; and the price of wisdom is above rubies.

He puts forth His hand on the flinty places; He overturns the mountains by the roots.

The place of ruin and death say, We have heard the fame of it with our ears.

From where then does wisdom come, and where is the place of understanding?

He cuts out rivers among the rocks; and His eye sees every precious thing.

The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it; it cannot be weighed against pure gold.

Pure gold cannot be given in its stead, and silver be weighed as its price.

It cannot be weighed against the gold of Ophir, against precious onyx, or sapphire;

When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning to thunder;

There is a path which no bird knows, nor has the vulture's eye caught sight of it;

gold and the crystal cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for a vessel of fine gold.

He sets an end to darkness, and to every extremity He searches out the stones of darkness and the shadow of death.

God understands the way of it, and He knows its place.

the sons of pride have not walked on it, the lion has not passed by.

Its stones are the place of sapphires; and it has dust of gold.

He holds back the floods from overflowing; and the hidden thing, He brings to light.

Man does not know the price of it; nor is it found in the land of the living.

As to the earth, out of it comes bread; and underneath it is turned up like fire.

Yea, it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and hidden from the birds of the heavens.

He opens a shaft far from the visitor; they are forgotten by man's foot; they hang far away from men, they swing to and fro.

then He saw it, and declared it; He prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

The deep says, It is not in me; and the sea says, It is not in me.