Job 28:6-16

6a place whose rocks are sapphires, its dust contains gold.

7No bird of prey knows the path; nor falcon’s eye has seen it.

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

9Man sets his hand against the flinty rock and overturns mountains by the roots.

10He carves out tunnels through the rocks; his eye sees every precious thing.

11He dams up streams from flowing. And brings hidden things to light.

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

13No mortal comprehends its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

14The deep says, ‘It is not in me’— The sea says, ‘It’s not with me.’

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

16It cannot be weighed in gold from Ophir, in precious onyx, or sapphire.