ECB(i)
12 And wisdom, where is it found? Where is the place of discernment?
13 Man neither knows the appraisal; nor finds it in the land of the living.
14 The abyss says, Not in me! And the sea says, Not with me!
15 Neither is gold given for it nor silver weighed for the price:
16 nor balanced with the ore of Ophir - with the esteemed onyx, or the sapphire.
17 Neither are the gold and the crystal ranked with it nor exchanged for instruments of pure gold:
18 nor corals or pearls remembered; for the sowing of wisdom is above pearls.
19 Neither is the topaz of Kush ranked with it; nor balanced with ore.
20 Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of discernment?