Job 28:12-28

12But where can wisdom be found, and where is understanding located?

13No one can know its value, since it cannot be found in the land of the living.

14The ocean depths say, “It’s not in me,” while the sea declares, “I don’t have it.”

15Gold cannot be exchanged for it, and silver cannot be weighed out for its price.

16Wisdom cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or lapis lazuli.

17Gold and glass do not compare with it, and articles of fine gold cannot be exchanged for it.

18Coral and quartz are not worth mentioning. The price of wisdom is beyond pearls.

19Topaz from Cush cannot compare with it, and it cannot be valued in pure gold.

20Where then does wisdom come from, and where is understanding located?

21It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the sky.

22Abaddon and Death say, “We have heard news of it with our ears.”

23But God understands the way to wisdom, and he knows its location.

24For he looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

25When God fixed the weight of the wind and distributed the water by measure,

26when he established a limit for the rain and a path for the lightning,

27he considered wisdom and evaluated it; he established it and examined it.

28He said to mankind, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom. And to turn from evil is understanding.”