¹⁴ For wisdom is more profitable than silver,
    and her wages are better than gold.

¹⁶ How much better to get wisdom than gold,
    and good judgment than silver!

¹⁹ My gifts are better than gold, even the purest gold,
    my wages better than sterling silver!

¹³ No one knows where to find it,^[a]
    for it is not found among the living.
¹⁴ ‘It is not here,’ says the ocean.
    ‘Nor is it here,’ says the sea.
¹⁵ It cannot be bought with gold.
    It cannot be purchased with silver.
¹⁶ It’s worth more than all the gold of Ophir,
    greater than precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
¹⁷ Wisdom is more valuable than gold and crystal.
    It cannot be purchased with jewels mounted in fine gold.
¹⁸ Coral and jasper are worthless in trying to get it.
    The price of wisdom is far above rubies.
¹⁹ Precious peridot from Ethiopia^[b] cannot be exchanged for it.
    It’s worth more than the purest gold.