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It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.

Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;

For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven;

The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.

To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.

He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.

`Man' setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.

God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.

He cutteth out channels among the rocks; And his eye seeth every precious thing.

Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.

That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.