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700 B
700 B
It cannot be gotten for gold
This can be stated in active form. This implies that wisdom is worth much more than gold. Alternate translation: "People cannot pay for wisdom with gold" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
neither can silver be weighed as its price
This implies that wisdom is worth much more than silver. It can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "and people cannot weigh out enough silver to pay for wisdom" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
It cannot be valued with ... sapphire
This implies that wisdom is much more valuable than the gold of Ophir, precious onyx and sapphire. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)