Job 28:6-16

6a place whose stones are sapphires and which contains dust of gold;

7a hidden path no bird of prey knows – no falcon’s eye has spotted it.

8Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it.

9On the flinty rock man has set to work with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases.

10He has cut out channels through the rocks; his eyes have spotted every precious thing.

11He has searched the sources of the rivers and what was hidden he has brought into the light.

12“But wisdom – where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?

13Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

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

15Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

16It cannot be measured out for purchase with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphires.