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Job 28:12–13

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12sBut where shall twisdom be found?

And where is the place of tunderstanding?

13Man knoweth not the uprice thereof;

Neither is it found in xthe land of the living.

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Footnotes

  1. sver. 20. So Eccles. 7:24.
  2. tver. 20, 28. Prov. 16:16. So Prov. 8:1.
  3. tver. 20, 28. Prov. 16:16. So Prov. 8:1.
  4. uSee Lev. 27:2. So ver. 17, 19.

Cross references

  1. xPs. 52:5.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“But where shall wisdom be found?

And where is the place of understanding?

Man does not know its worth,

and it is not found in the land of the living.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But where can wisdom be found?

Where does understanding dwell?

No mortal comprehends its worth;

it cannot be found in the land of the living.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But where can wisdom be found,

and where is understanding located?

No one can know its value,

since it cannot be found in the land of the living.

NLTNew Living Translation

“But do people know where to find wisdom?

Where can they find understanding?

No one knows where to find it,

for it is not found among the living.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“But from where will wisdom be found?

And where in the world is the place of understanding?

A human being does not know its proper value,

and it is not found in the land of the living.