Job 28:6-16

6Here the rocks contain precious lapis lazuli, and the dust contains gold.

7These are treasures no bird of prey can see, no falcon’s eye observe.

8No wild animal has walked upon these treasures; no lion has ever set his paw there.

9People know how to tear apart flinty rocks and overturn the roots of mountains.

10They cut tunnels in the rocks and uncover precious stones.

11They dam up the trickling streams and bring to light the hidden treasures.

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.