18 The exalted and the eminent will not be remembered in comparison with it. Yet wisdom is drawn out of concealment.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia will not be equal to it, nor will it be compared to the purest dyes.
20 So then, where does wisdom begin, and where is the place of understanding?
21 It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, just as the birds of the heavens escape notice.
22 Perdition and death have said, 'With our ears, we have heard its fame.'
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