1“Surely there is a mine for silver and…
2Iron is taken from the earth, and copper…
3Man puts an end to the darkness; he…
4Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft…
5Food may come from the earth, but from…
6Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing…
7No bird of prey knows that path; no…
8Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion…
9The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains…
10He hews out channels in the rocks, and…
11He stops up the sources of the streams…
12But where can wisdom be found, and where…
13No man can know its value, nor is…
14The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in…
15It cannot be bought with gold, nor can…
16It cannot be valued in the gold of…
17Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it,…
18Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the…
19Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor…
20From where, then, does wisdom come, and where…
21It is hidden from the eyes of every…
22Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a…
23But God understands its way, and He knows…
24For He looks to the ends of the…
25When God fixed the weight of the wind…
26when He set a limit for the rain…
27then He looked at wisdom and appraised it;…
28And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear…
