Job 28:13
11 He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
12 But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
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.’
15 It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
- KJV
- Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
- WEB
- Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
- ASV
- Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
- DARBY
- Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.
- BLB
- Man does not know its value, and it is not found in the land of the living.
- ÅB
- Intet menneske kjenner dens verd, og den finnes ikke i de levendes land.
- OTB
- Mennesket kjenner ikke dens verdi,
Og den er ikke å finne i de levendes land. - B1930
- Intet menneske kjenner dens verd, og den finnes ikke i de levendes land.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
Read in contextProverbs 8:18–19
With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.
Read in contextProverbs 3:14–15
for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
Read in contextProverbs 23:23
Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Read in contextMatthew 13:44–46
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 8:16–17
When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
Read in contextProverbs 16:16
How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
Read in contextPsalms 52:5
Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
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