Job 28:6-16

6Its stones are the bed of sapphires; It holds dust of gold.

7The path [deep within] no bird of prey knows, And the falcon’s eye has not caught sight of it.

8The proud beasts [and their young] have not walked on it, Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.

9Man puts his hand on [and tears apart] the flinty rock; He overturns the mountains at the base [looking for treasure].

10He cuts out channels and passages among the rocks; And his eye sees every precious thing.

11Man dams up the streams from flowing [so that they do not trickle into the mine], And what is hidden he brings out to the light.

12“But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

13Man does not know the value of it; Nor is it found in the land of the living.

14The deep says, ‘It is not in me’; And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’

15It cannot be obtained for pure gold, Nor can silver be weighed as its price.

16It cannot be valued in [terms of] the gold of Ophir, In the precious onyx or beryl, or the sapphire.