18   No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
zakar²¹⁴² ra'mah⁷²¹⁵ gabiysh¹³⁷⁸ meshek⁴⁹⁰¹ chokmah²⁴⁵¹ paniyn⁶⁴⁴³

19   The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
pitdah⁶³⁵⁷ Kuwsh³⁵⁶⁸ `arak⁶¹⁸⁶ calah⁵⁵⁴¹ tahowr²⁸⁸⁹ kethem³⁸⁰⁰

20   Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
'aiyn³⁷⁰ bow'⁹³⁵ chokmah²⁴⁵¹ maqowm⁴⁷²⁵ biynah⁹⁹⁸

21   Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
`alam<sup>5956</sup> `ayin⁵⁸⁶⁹ chay²⁴¹⁶ cathar⁵⁶⁴¹ `owph⁵⁷⁷⁵ shamayim⁸⁰⁶⁴

22   Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
'abaddown¹¹ maveth⁴¹⁹⁴ 'amar⁵⁵⁹ shama`<sup>8085</sup> shema`⁸⁰⁸⁸ 'ozen²⁴¹

23   God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
'elohiym⁴³⁰ biyn⁹⁹⁵ derek¹⁸⁷⁰ yada`³⁰⁴⁵ maqowm⁴⁷²⁵

24   For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
nabat⁵⁰²⁷ qatsah⁷⁰⁹⁸ 'erets⁷⁷⁶ ra'ah⁷²⁰⁰ shamayim⁸⁰⁶⁴

25   To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
`asah⁶²¹³ mishqal⁴⁹⁴⁸ ruwach⁷³⁰⁷ takan⁸⁵⁰⁵ mayim⁴³²⁵ middah⁴⁰⁶⁰

26   When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
`asah⁶²¹³ choq²⁷⁰⁶ matar⁴³⁰⁶ derek¹⁸⁷⁰ chaziyz²³⁸⁵ qowl⁶⁹⁶³