To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"

"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

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

He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.

Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.

For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.

No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.

Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'

Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?

He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

It can't be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for its price.

It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder;

That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon's eye seen it.

Gold and glass can't equal it, neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

"God understands its way, and he knows its place.

The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.

Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.

He binds the streams that they don't trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.

Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.

He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.

then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.

The deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'