ECB(i)
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?
21 - seeing it is concealed from the eyes of all living - hidden from the flyers of the heavens.
22 Abaddon and death say, We hear the fame with our ears:
23 Elohim discerns the way and he knows the place:
24 for he looks to the ends of the earth and sees under the whole heavens
25 - to work the weight for the winds - to gauge the waters by measure.
26 He works a statute for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the voice;
27 then he sees and scribes; he prepares, yes, and probes.
28 And to humanity he says, Behold, to Adonay is wisdom; and to turn aside from evil, discernment.