Job 28:13 “No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.”

Job 28:13

No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

World English Bible

Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.

American Standard Version

Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

Geneva Bible 1599

Man knoweth not the price thereof: for it is not found in the land of the liuing.

Darby Translation

Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.

Young's Literal Translation

Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

Bible in Basic English

Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.

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Cross references

“knoweth”

Proverbs 8:11 Job 28:15–19 Psalm 19:10 Psalm 119:72 Proverbs 16:16 Proverbs 23:23

Proverbs 8:11 · BSB

For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.

Job 28:15–19 · BSB

It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

Psalm 19:10 · BSB

They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.

Psalm 119:72 · BSB

The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

Proverbs 16:16 · BSB

How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.

Proverbs 23:23 · BSB

Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

“in the land”

Psalm 52:5 Isaiah 53:8 Isaiah 38:11 Job 28:21 Job 28:22

Psalm 52:5 · BSB

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

Isaiah 53:8 · BSB

By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.

Isaiah 38:11 · BSB

I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.

Job 28:21 · BSB

It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.

Job 28:22 · BSB

Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’

Also

Matthew 13:44–46

Matthew 13:44–46 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?

14The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’

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