Holy Scripture
Sirach 1:4
A church father on this verse
“Wisdom was created before all things—not certainly that Wisdom that is clearly coeternal and equal to you, our God, his Father, and by whom all things were created and in whom, as the Beginning, you created heaven and earth. Rather, truly, it was that wisdom that has been created, namely, the intellectual nature that,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4Wisdom hath been created before all things, And the understanding of prudence from everlasting.
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2Who can number the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain, And the days of eternity?
3Who can find out the height of heaven, and the breadth of the earth, And the deep, and wisdom?
— Sirach 1:4 —
6To whom hath the root of wisdom been revealed? Or who hath known her wise counsels?