20. The natures of living creatures and the ragings of wild beasts, The violences of winds and the thoughts of men, The diversities of plants and the virtues of roots:
21. All things that are either secret or manifest I learned,
22. For she that is the artificer of all things taught me, even wisdom. For there is in her a spirit quick of understanding, holy, Alone in kind, manifold, Subtil, freely moving, Clear in utterance, unpolluted, Distinct, unharmed, Loving what is good, keen, unhindered,
23. Beneficent, loving toward man, Stedfast, sure, free from care, All-powerful, all-surveying, And penetrating through all spirits That are quick of understanding, pure, most subtil:
24. For wisdom is more mobile than any motion; Yes, she pervadeth and penetrateth all things by reason of her pureness.
25. For she is a breath of the power of God, And a clear effluence of the glory of the Almighty; Therefore can nothing defiled find entrance into her.
26. For she is an effulgence from everlasting light, And an unspotted mirror of the working of God, And an image of his goodness.
27. And she, being one, has power to do all things; And remaining in herself, reneweth all things: And from generation to generation passing into holy souls She makes men friends of God and prophets.
28. For nothing does God love save him that dwells with wisdom.
29. For she is fairer than the sun, And above all the constellations of the stars: Being compared with light, she is found to be before it;