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| [1]For there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine. |
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| [2]Iron is taken out of the dust, and brass is molten out of the stone. |
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| [3]Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death. |
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| [4]He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; they are forgotten of the foot that passeth by; they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro. |
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| [5]As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire. |
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| [6]The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold. |
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| [7]That path no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath the falcon's eye seen it; |
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| [8]The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the lion passed thereby. |
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| [9]He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth mountains by the roots. |
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| [10]He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. |
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| [11]He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. |
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| [12]But wisdom, where shall it be found? And where is the place of understanding? |
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| [13]Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. |
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| [14]The deep saith: 'It is not in me'; and the sea saith: 'It is not with me.' |
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| [15]It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. |
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| [16]It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. |
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| [17]Gold and glass cannot equal it; neither shall the exchange thereof be vessels of fine gold. |
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| [18]No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies. |
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| [19]The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. |
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| [20]Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding? |
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| [21]Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. |
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| [22]Destruction and Death say: 'We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.' |
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| [23]God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof. |
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| [24]For He looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; |
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| [25]When He maketh a weight for the wind, and meteth out the waters by measure. |
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| [26]When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the storm of thunders; |
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| [27]Then did He see it, and declare it; H established it, yea, and searched it out. |
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| [28]And unto man He said: 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.' |
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