¹“Surely there is a mine for silver ²Iron is taken from the earth, ³Man puts an end to the darkness; ⁴Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft ⁵Food may come from the earth, ⁶Its rocks are the source of sapphires, ⁷No bird of prey knows that path; ⁸Proud beasts have never trodden it; ⁹The miner strikes the flint; ¹⁰He hews out channels in the rocks, ¹¹He stops up the sources of the streams ¹²But where can wisdom be found, ¹³No man can know its value, ¹⁴The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ ¹⁵It cannot be bought with gold, ¹⁶It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, ¹⁷Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, ¹⁸Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; ¹⁹Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, ²⁰From where, then, does wisdom come, ²¹It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing ²²Abaddon and Death say, ²³But God understands its way, ²⁴For He looks to the ends of the earth ²⁵When God fixed the weight of the wind ²⁶when He set a limit for the rain ²⁷then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; ²⁸And He said to man, ‘Behold,