For there is for silver a place from where it exists, and a place for gold from where it is refined.
Iron for from out of the earth comes, and brass equally like stone is quarried.
An order he established for darkness, and every limit he determines exactly; stone darkness and the shadow of death.
There is a breach of the rushing stream from powder; and the ones forgetting way of the just are weakened; of mortals they are shaken.
As for the earth, out of it shall come forth bread; underneath it, it was turned as fire.
Are the place of the sapphire her stones; and an embankment her gold.
There is a road not knows it the bird; and looked not over it the eye of the vulture.
Not trod it the sons of ostentatious ones; not went upon it a lion.
In a chiseled place he stretched forth his hand, and overturned by the roots mountains.
And the hill of rivers he tore up; every valuable thing beheld my eye.
And the depths of the rivers he uncovered, and he shows his power in light.
But wisdom from what place found? and of what place is the higher knowledge?
Knows not a mortal her way, nor in no way is she found among men.
The abyss said, she is not in me; and the sea said, she is not with me.
One shall not give an investment for her, and shall not set silver as a bargain for her.
And she shall not be compared with the gold Ophir, with onyx valuable and sapphire.
Shall not be equal to her gold and glass, nor the barter for her items of gold.
Meteorites and crystal shall not be mentioned; but draw on wisdom above the innermost things.
Shall not be equal to her the topaz of Ethiopia; gold pure she shall not be compared with.
But concerning wisdom, from what place shall she be found? and of what kind of place is the understanding?
She has escaped notice of every man; and from the birds of the heaven she was hid.
Destruction and death said, We have heard of her the fame.
God well commended her the way; and he knows the her place.
For he the under heaven all things inspects, knowing the in the earth.
All which he made, of the winds even the weight, of water and the measures.
When he made them, thus seeing he counted them, and made a way for the vibration of sound.
Then he beheld it, he described it; preparing he tracked it out.
And he said to man, Behold, the godliness is wisdom; and being at a distance from evils is higher knowledge.