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

12 And from whence shall wisdom be found? and where this place of understanding? 13 And man knew not its estimation, and it shall not be found in the land of the living. 14 The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, Not with me. 15 Shut up gold shall not be given for it, and silver shall not be weighed its price 16 It shall not be weighed with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire. 17 Gold and crystal shall not compare with it, and its exchange, vessels of pure gold. 18 High things, and crystal, shall not be remembered: and the drawing out of wisdom above pearls. 19 The topaz of Cush shall not compare with it; with pure gold it shall not be weighed.

20 And from whence shall wisdom come? and where this place of understanding? 21 And being hid from the eyes of all living, and covered from the birds of the heavens. 22 Destruction and death said, We heard its report with our ears: