Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living.
New American Standard Bible
Nor is it found in the land of the living.
King James Version
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
Holman Bible
since it cannot be found in the land of the living.
International Standard Version
Mankind doesn't appreciate their value; and you won't find it anywhere on earth.
A Conservative Version
Man does not know the price of it, nor is it 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.
Amplified
“Man does not know the value of it;
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.
Darby Translation
Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.
Julia Smith Translation
And man knew not its estimation, and it shall not be found in the land of the living.
King James 2000
Man knows not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A human being does not know its proper value, and it is not found in [the] land of the living.
Modern King James verseion
Man does not know the price of it; nor is it found in the land of the living.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Verily, no man can tell how worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the land of the living.
NET Bible
Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.
New Heart English Bible
Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
The Emphasized Bible
Mortal knoweth not the way thereof, neither can it be found in the land of the living;
Webster
Man knoweth not the price of it; neither is it found in the land of the living.
World English Bible
Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
Themes
divine Call » For worship of God » Wisdom's
Christ » Vine name applied to » Wisdom of
Interlinear
Yada`
Matsa'
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 28:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Discourse On Wisdom
12 And the wisdom -- whence is it found? And where is this, the place of understanding? 13 Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living. 14 The deep hath said, 'It is not in me,' And the sea hath said, 'It is not with me.'
Cross References
Job 28:15-19
Gold is not given for it, Nor is silver weighed -- its price.
Job 28:21-22
It hath been hid from the eyes of all living. And from the fowl of the heavens It hath been hidden.
Psalm 19:10
They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb.
Psalm 52:5
Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.
Psalm 119:72
Better to me is the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!
Proverbs 3:14-15
For better is her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold -- her increase.
Proverbs 8:11
For better is wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.
Proverbs 8:18-19
Wealth and honour are with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.
Proverbs 16:16
To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!
Proverbs 23:23
Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,
Ecclesiastes 8:16-17
When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night),
Isaiah 38:11
I said, I do not see Jah -- Jah! In the land of the living, I do not behold man any more, With the inhabitants of the world.
Isaiah 53:8
By restraint and by judgment he hath been taken, And of his generation who doth meditate, That he hath been cut off from the land of the living? By the transgression of My people he is plagued,
Matthew 13:44-46
'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.