Wisdom is always distant and difficult to find.

万事之理，离我甚远，而且最深，谁能测透呢？

万事之理遥不可及，太深奥，谁能测透呢？

万事之理遥不可及，太深奥，谁能测透呢？

智慧如此遥不可及、深不可测，谁能找得到呢？

那离得远又极深奥的，谁能找到呢？

那已有的事，既遥远又极其深奥，谁能发现呢？

萬事之理，離我甚遠，而且最深，誰能測透呢？

萬事之理遙不可及，太深奧，誰能測透呢？

萬事之理遙不可及，太深奧，誰能測透呢？

智慧如此遙不可及、深不可測，誰能找得到呢？

那離得遠又極深奧的，誰能找到呢？

現在的事實離我很遠，又很深，真深！誰能查得出呢？

那已有的事，既遙遠又極其深奧，誰能發現呢？

凡所有者、其理玄遠深邃、孰能測之、

道甚玄遠、誰能測度。

世間萬事、其理懸遠、深妙又深妙、誰能窮究、

Whatever exists is far off and most profound— who can discover it?

Whatever exists is far away and very deep. Who can find it?

That which has been is far off, and deep, very deep; who can find it out?

What exists is beyond reach and very deep. Who can discover it?

What has been is remote and very mysterious. Who can discover it?

As for that which is far off and exceedingly deep, Who can find it out?

That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

What exists is beyond reach and very deep. Who can discover it?

That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding; it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.

That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?

Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways!

He alone can never die, and he lives in light so brilliant that no human can approach him. No human eye has ever seen him, nor ever will. All honor and power to him forever! Amen.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!

And this is what he says to all humanity:‘ The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding.’”

Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the ocean depths. You care for people and animals alike, O Lord.

“ My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.“ And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

“ Can you solve the mysteries of God? Can you discover everything about the Almighty?Such knowledge is higher than the heavens— and who are you? It is deeper than the underworld— what do you know?

“ But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding?No one knows where to find it, for it is not found among the living.‘ It is not here,’ says the ocean.‘ Nor is it here,’ says the sea.It cannot be bought with gold. It cannot be purchased with silver.It’s worth more than all the gold of Ophir, greater than precious onyx or lapis lazuli.Wisdom is more valuable than gold and crystal. It cannot be purchased with jewels mounted in fine gold.Coral and jasper are worthless in trying to get it. The price of wisdom is far above rubies.Precious peridot from Ethiopia cannot be exchanged for it. It’s worth more than the purest gold.“ But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding?It is hidden from the eyes of all humanity. Even the sharp eyed birds in the sky cannot discover it.Destruction and Death say,‘ We’ve heard only rumors of where wisdom can be found.’“ God alone understands the way to wisdom; he knows where it can be found,

“ This command I am giving you today is not too difficult for you, and it is not beyond your reach.It is not kept in heaven, so distant that you must ask,‘ Who will go up to heaven and bring it down so we can hear it and obey?’It is not kept beyond the sea, so far away that you must ask,‘ Who will cross the sea to bring it to us so we can hear it and obey?’No, the message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart so that you can obey it.