Job 28:13
Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
In Context
12“But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
14The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
Cross References
Job 28:21Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
Psalms 52:5God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
Proverbs 3:14For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.
Proverbs 8:18With me are riches, honour, enduring wealth, and prosperity.
Proverbs 23:23Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
Isaiah 38:11I said, “I won’t see the LORD, the LORD in the land of the living. I will see man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
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 →