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Job 28:22

WisdomDeath and loss

20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;

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BSB
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
KJV
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
WEB
Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
ASV
Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.
DARBY
Destruction and death say, We have heard its report with our ears.
BLB
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a report of it with our ears.’
ÅB
avgrunnen og døden sier: Bare et frasagn om den er kommet oss for øre.
OTB
Abaddon og Døden sier,
‘Med våre ører har vi hørt et rykte om den.’
B1930
avgrunnen og døden sier: Bare et frasagn om den er kommet oss for øre.

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