Job 28:12-23

12“But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding?

13No one knows where to find it, for it is not found among the living.

14‘It is not here,’ says the ocean. ‘Nor is it here,’ says the sea.

15It cannot be bought with gold. It cannot be purchased with silver.

16It’s worth more than all the gold of Ophir, greater than precious onyx or lapis lazuli.

17Wisdom is more valuable than gold and crystal. It cannot be purchased with jewels mounted in fine gold.

18Coral and jasper are worthless in trying to get it. The price of wisdom is far above rubies.

19Precious peridot from Ethiopia cannot be exchanged for it. It’s worth more than the purest gold.

20“But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding?

21It is hidden from the eyes of all humanity. Even the sharp-eyed birds in the sky cannot discover it.

22Destruction and Death say, ‘We’ve heard only rumors of where wisdom can be found.’

23“God alone understands the way to wisdom; he knows where it can be found,