The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Deade]

Job 28:12 (NRSV)

“But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

 

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Job 28:13 (NASB)
"Man does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

 

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Job 28:14 (NIV)
The deep says, "It is not in me"; the sea says, "It is not with me."

 

[Deade]

Job 28:15 (NIV)

It cannot be bought with the finest gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

 

[Deade]

Job 28:16 (NIV)

It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.

lapis lazuli = sapphire

 

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Job 28:17 (English Revised Version)
Gold and glass cannot equal it: neither shall the exchange thereof be jewels of fine gold.

 

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Job 28:18 (BSB)
Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

 

[Deade]

Job 28:19 (NIV)

The topaz of Cush cannot compare with it; it cannot be bought with pure gold.

 

[Deade]

Job 28:20 (NIV)

Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?

 

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Job 28:21 (NKJV)
It is hidden from the eyes of all living, And concealed from the birds of the air.

 

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Job 28:22 (NKJV)
Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a report about it with our ears.’

 

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Job 28:23 KJV
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

 

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Job 28:24 KJV
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;

 

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Job 28:25 KJV
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

 

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Job 28:26 KJV
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

 

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Job 28:27 KJV
Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

 

[CharliRenee]

Job 28:28 KJV
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

 

[Deade]

Job 29:1 (NRSV)

Job again took up his discourse and said:

 

[Deade]

Job 29:2 (NRSV)

“O that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

 

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Job 29:3 (NKJV)
When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness;