Job 28:6-16

6That place’s stones are sapphire. Its dust contains gold.

7No bird of prey knows the way to it. No hawk’s eye has ever seen it.

8No proud beast has ever walked on it. No ferocious lion has ever passed over it.

9“Humans exert their power on the flinty rocks and overturn mountains at their base.

10They cut out mineshafts in the rocks. Their eyes see every precious thing.

11They explore the sources of rivers so that they bring hidden treasures to light.

12“Where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding live?

13No mortal knows where it is. It cannot be found in this world of the living.

14The deep ocean says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’

15You cannot obtain it with solid gold or buy it for any amount of silver.

16It can’t be bought with the gold from Ophir or with precious onyx or sapphire.