Job 28:13
Man does not know its price, nor is it found in the land of those who live in sweetness.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
In Context
12But, in truth, where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?
14The abyss declares, “It is not in me.” And the sea says, “It is not with me.”
Cross References
Job 28:21It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, just as the birds of the heavens escape notice.
Psalms 52:5Will they never learn: all those who work iniquity, who devour my people like a meal of bread?
Proverbs 3:14Her acquisition is better than trading in silver, and her fruit is better than the first and purest gold.
Proverbs 8:18With me, are wealth and glory, superb riches and justice.
Proverbs 23:23Purchase truth, and do not sell wisdom, or doctrine, or understanding.
Isaiah 38:11I said: I will not see the Lord God in the land of the living. I will no longer behold man, nor the habitation of rest.
Matthew Henry on Job 28:13-20
The Excellency of Wisdom. ( b. c. 1520.) 14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. 18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia… Read the whole commentary →