Job 28:13
Enosh knoweth not the price thereof; 1 neither is it found in the Eretz HaChayyim. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
In Context
12But where shall chochmah be found? 1 And where is the makom binah? 1
14The tehom (abyss) saith, It is not in me; 1 and the yam saith, It is not with me. 1
Cross References
Job 28:21Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of kol chai, 1 and concealed from the oph HaShomayim. 1
Psalms 52:5Thou lovest rah more than tov; 1 and sheker rather than to speak tzedek. 1 Selah 1
Proverbs 3:14For the gain of it is better than the gain of kesef, 1 and the increase thereof than fine gold. 1
Proverbs 8:18Osher and kavod are with me; 1 indeed, enduring hon (wealth) and tzedakah. 1
Proverbs 23:23Buy emes, and sell it not; 1 also chochmah, and musar, and binah (understanding). 1
Isaiah 38:11I said, I shall not see Hashem, 1 even Hashem, in the Eretz HaChayyim; 1 I shall behold adam no more 1 with the inhabitants of the world. 1
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 →