5. As for the earth, out of it comes bread,but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
6. Its stones are the place of sapphires,and it has dust of gold.
7. “That path no bird of prey knows,and the falcon’s eye has not seen it.
8. The proud beasts have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it.
9. “Man puts his hand to the flinty rockand overturns mountains by the roots.
10. He cuts out channels in the rocks,and his eye sees every precious thing.
11. He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle,and the thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
12. “But where shall wisdom be found?And where is the place of understanding?