The deep saith, It is not in me:

And the sea saith, It is not with me.

It cannot be gotten for gold,

Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

Whence then cometh wisdom?

And where is the place of understanding?

Destruction and Death say,

We have heard a rumour thereof with our ears,

God understandeth the way thereof,

And He knoweth the place thereof,