1Surely there is a vein for the silver,
2Iron is taken out of the earth,
3He setteth an end to darkness,
4The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant;
5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread:
6The stones of it are the place of sapphires:
7There is a path which no fowl knoweth,
8The lion’s whelps have not trodden it,
9He putteth forth his hand upon the rock;
10He cutteth out rivers among the rocks;
11He bindeth the floods from overflowing;
12But where shall wisdom be found?
13Man knoweth not the price thereof;
14The depth saith, It is not in me:
15It cannot be gotten for gold,
16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir,
17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it:
18No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls:
19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it,
20Whence then cometh wisdom?
21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living,
22Destruction and death say,
23God understandeth the way thereof,
24For he looketh to the ends of the earth,
25To make the weight for the winds;
26When he made a decree for the rain,
27Then did he see it, and declare it;
28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;