12 “But from where will wisdom be found? And where in the world is the place of understanding?
13 A human being does not know its proper value, and it is not found in the land of the living.
14 The deep says, ‘It is not in me,’ and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
15 “Refined gold cannot be gotten in its place, and silver cannot be weighed out as its price.
16 It cannot be bought for the gold of Ophir, for precious onyx or sapphire.
17 Gold and glass cannot be compared with it, and its substitution cannot be an ornament of refined gold.
18 Black corals and crystal will not be mentioned, and wisdom’s price is more than red corals.