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

12 "But from where will wisdom be found? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding? 13 A human being does not know its proper value, and it is not 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 "Refined gold cannot be gotten in its place, and silver cannot be weighed out [as] its price. 16 It cannot be bought for the gold of Ophir, for precious onyx or sapphire. 17 Gold and glass cannot be compared with it, and its substitution [cannot be] an ornament of refined gold. 18 Black corals and crystal will not be mentioned, and wisdom's price [is] more than red corals. 19 The topaz of Cush cannot be compared with it; it cannot be bought for pure gold.

20 Indeed, from where does wisdom come? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding? 21 It is hidden from [the] eyes of all living, and it is concealed from [the] birds of the heaven. 22 Abaddon and Death say, 'We heard its rumor with our ears.'