Job 28:12
10 He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
11 He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
13 No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
14 The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
- KJV
- But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
- WEB
- “But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
- ASV
- But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
- DARBY
- But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding?
- BLB
- And wisdom—from where is it found? And where [is] this place of understanding?
- ÅB
- Men visdommen hvor skal den finnes? Og hvor har forstanden sin bolig?
- OTB
- «Men hvor finnes visdommen?
Og hvor er stedet for forstand? - B1930
- Men visdommen hvor skal den finnes? Og hvor har forstanden sin bolig?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 2:4–6
if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
Read in contextJob 28:20
From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
Read in contextJames 1:5
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
Read in contextProverbs 3:19
The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
Read in contextColossians 2:3
in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:19–20
For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
Read in contextJames 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Read in contextJob 28:28
And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
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