Job 28:12
But whence has wisdom been discovered? and what is the place of knowledge?
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
In Context
11And he has laid bare the depths of rivers, and has brought his power to light.
13A mortal has not known its way, neither indeed has it been revealed among men.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:9You shall give therefore to your servant a heart to hear and to judge your people justly, and to discern between good and evil: for who will be able to judge this your + 3:9 Gr. heavy. great people?
Job 28:28And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding.
Proverbs 2:4and if you shall seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures;
Ecclesiastes 7:11Say not, What has happened, that the former days were better than these? for you do not enquire in wisdom concerning this.
Ecclesiastes 7:24All these things have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
Matthew Henry on Job 28:2-12
Extent of Human Discoveries. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. 3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. 4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. 5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as… Read the whole commentary →