Man does not know its worth, and it is not found in the land of the living, asserting that no human being has discovered wisdom's value or location, that wisdom does not exist within the human realm of experience and comprehension. The assertion that humans do not know wisdom's worth contrasts with the earlier confidence in human knowledge—humans know the worth of gold and silver but cannot evaluate wisdom's value. The specification that wisdom is not found in the land of the living establishes that wisdom transcends human existence, that it belongs to a realm beyond human habitation. The verse suggests that wisdom cannot be treated as a resource to be extracted and refined.

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