2 Iron is taken out of the earth and brass is molten out of the stone

3 He setteth an end to darkness and searcheth out all perfection the stones of darkness and the shadow of death

4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant even the waters forgotten of the foot they are dried up they are gone away from men

5 As for the earth out of it cometh bread and under it is turned up as it were fire

6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires and it hath dust of gold

7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth and which the vulture's eye hath not seen

8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it nor the fierce lion passed by it

9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock he overturneth the mountains by the roots

10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks and his eye seeth every precious thing

11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light

12 But where shall wisdom be found and where is the place of understanding

13 Man knoweth not the price thereof neither is it found in the land of the living

14 The depth saith It is not in me and the sea saith It is not with me

15 It cannot be gotten for gold neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof

16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir with the precious onyx or the sapphire

17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold

18 No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls for the price of wisdom is above rubies

19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it neither shall it be valued with pure gold

20 Whence then cometh wisdom and where is the place of understanding

21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living and kept close from the fowls of the air

22 Destruction and death say We have heard the fame thereof with our ears

23 God understandeth the way thereof and he knoweth the place thereof

24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth and seeth under the whole heaven

25 To make the weight for the winds and he weigheth the waters by measure

26 When he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder

27 Then did he see it and declare it he prepared it yea and searched it out

28 And unto man he said Behold the fear of the Lord that is wisdom and to depart from evil is understanding