28:16. It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.
28:17. Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.
28:18. High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.
28:19. The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.
28:20. Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
28:21. It is hid from the eyes of all living, and the fowls of the air know it not.
28:22. Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.
28:23. God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.
28:24. For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.
28:25. Who made a weight for the winds, and weighed the waters by measure.