Job 28:6-16

6Its rocks are a source of lapis lazuli, containing flecks of gold.

7No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.

8Proud beasts have never walked on it; no lion has ever prowled over it.

9The miner uses a flint tool and turns up ore from the root of the mountains.

10He cuts out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.

11He dams up the streams from flowing so that he may bring to light what is hidden.

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.