Job 28:28
28 “And to man He said, ‘Behold, the afear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
Job 28:28 — The New International Version (NIV)
28 And he said to the human race,
“The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom,
and to shun evil is understanding.”
Job 28:28 — English Standard Version (ESV)
28 And he said to man,
‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
and to turn away from evil is understanding.’ ”
Job 28:28 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.
Job 28:28 — New Living Translation (NLT)
28 And this is what he says to all humanity:
‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom;
to forsake evil is real understanding.’ ”
Job 28:28 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
28 And to man He said,
‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
And to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
Job 28:28 — New Century Version (NCV)
28 Then he said to humans,
‘The fear of the Lord is wisdom;
to stay away from evil is understanding.’ ”
Job 28:28 — American Standard Version (ASV)
28 And unto man he said,
Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.
Job 28:28 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
28 And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Job 28:28 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
28 So he told humans,
‘The fear of the Lord is wisdom!
To stay away from evil is understanding.’ ”
Job 28:28 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
28 He said to mankind,
“The fear of the Lord is this: wisdom.
And to turn from evil is understanding.”
Job 28:28 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
28 And he said to humankind,
‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
Job 28:28 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
28 And to the human beings he said,
‘Look, the fear of the Lord is wisdom,
and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
Job 28:28 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
28 He said to human beings,
‘Have respect for me. That will prove you are wise.
Avoid evil. That will show you have understanding.’ ”