Job 28:12-22 - Wisdom Is Inaccessible To Decay And Death

¹² But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? ¹³ Man does not know the price of it, nor is it found in the land of the living. ¹⁴ The deep says, It is not in me. And the sea says, It is not with me. ¹⁵ It cannot be gotten for gold, nor shall silver be weighed for the price of it. ¹⁶ It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. ¹⁷ Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. ¹⁸ No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies. ¹⁹ The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, nor shall it be valued with pure gold.

²⁰ Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding? ²¹ Since it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept closed from the birds of the heavens. ²² Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.