Job 28 in the early church

“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.

No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.

Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.

But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?

No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’

Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.

Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’

But God understands its way, and He knows its place.

For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,

then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.

And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”