Job 28:12–28

^12sBut where shall ^twisdom be found?

And where is the place of ^tunderstanding?

¹³Man knoweth not the ^uprice thereof;

Neither is it found in ^xthe land of the living.

^14yThe depth saith, It is not in me:

And the sea saith, It is not with me.

^15†It ^zcannot be gotten for ^agold,

Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

¹⁶It cannot ^bbe valued with the ^cgold of ^dOphir,

With the precious ^eonyx, or the ^fsapphire.

¹⁷The gold and the crystal cannot ^gequal it:

And the exchange of it shall not be for ^||jewels of fine gold.

^18hNo mention shall be made of ^||coral, or of ^hhpearls:

For the price of wisdom is above ⁱrubies.

¹⁹The ^jtopaz of ^kEthiopia shall not ^gequal it,

Neither ^bshall it be valued with pure ^cgold.

^20lWhence then cometh wisdom?

And where is the place of understanding?

²¹Seeing it is hid from the eyes ^mof all living,

And kept close from the fowls of the ^||air.

²²ⁿDestruction and death say,

We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

^23oGod understandeth the way thereof,

And he knoweth the place thereof.

²⁴For he looketh to the ends of the earth,

And seeth under the whole heaven;

²⁵To ^pmake the weight for the winds;

And he weigheth the waters by measure.

^26qWhen he made a ^rdecree for the rain,

And a ^sway for the lightning of the thunder:

²⁷Then did he see it, and ^||declare it;

He prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

²⁸And unto man he said, Behold, ^tthe fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;

And ^uto depart from evil is understanding.