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 knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living. ¹⁴ The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me. ¹⁵ It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. ¹⁶ It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire. ¹⁷ Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither 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, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

²⁰ Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding? ²¹ Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens. ²² Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.