Holy Scripture
Job 28:14
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“The bottomless pit saith, It is not with me. And the sea saith, It is not with me. What does he call 'the bottomless pit' but the hearts of men, which are at once by the fall all floating, and by the mistiness of double-dealing full of darkness? Which same 'bottomless pit' declares that this Wisdom 'is not with' it; b…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
14The depth said, It is not in me: And the sea said, It is not with me.
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12But whence has wisdom been discovered? And what is the place of knowledge?
13A mortal has not known its way, Neither indeed has it been discovered among men.
— Job 28:14 —
15One shall not give fine gold instead of it, Neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.
16Neither shall it be compared with gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx and sapphire.