Job 28:13
New International Version
No mortal comprehends its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

New Living Translation
No one knows where to find it, for it is not found among the living.

English Standard Version
Man does not know its worth, and it is not found in the land of the living.

Berean Standard Bible
No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

King James Bible
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

New King James Version
Man does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

New American Standard Bible
“Mankind does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

NASB 1995
“Man does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

NASB 1977
“Man does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

Legacy Standard Bible
Man does not know its worth, And it is not found in the land of the living.

Amplified Bible
“Man does not know the value of it; Nor is it found in the land of the living.

Christian Standard Bible
No one can know its value, since it cannot be found in the land of the living.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
No man can know its value, since it cannot be found in the land of the living.

American Standard Version
Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
No man knows her treasury, and it is not found except in the place of life

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A mortal has not known its way, neither indeed has it been discovered among men.

Contemporary English Version
No human knows the way.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.

English Revised Version
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
No mortal knows where it is. It cannot be found in this world of the living.

Good News Translation
Wisdom is not to be found among mortals; No one knows its true value.

International Standard Version
Mankind doesn't appreciate their value; and you won't find it anywhere on earth.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

Literal Standard Version
Man has not known its arrangement, | Nor is it found in the land of the living.

Majority Standard Bible
No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

New American Bible
Mortals do not know her path, nor is she to be found in the land of the living.

NET Bible
Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

New Revised Standard Version
Mortals do not know the way to it, and it is not found in the land of the living.

New Heart English Bible
Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

Webster's Bible Translation
Man knoweth not the price of it; neither is it found in the land of the living.

World English Bible
Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.

Young's Literal Translation
Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

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Context
Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
12But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell? 13No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living. 14The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’…

Cross References
Matthew 13:44
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.

Job 28:14
The ocean depths say, 'It is not in me,' while the sea declares, 'It is not with me.'

Psalm 27:13
Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Jeremiah 11:19
For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more."

Ezekiel 32:24
Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword--those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.


Treasury of Scripture

Man knows not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

knoweth

Job 28:15-19
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof…

Psalm 19:10
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Psalm 119:72
The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

in the land

Job 28:21,22
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air…

Psalm 52:5
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

Isaiah 38:11
I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

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Verse 13. - Man knoweth not the price thereof. The real value of wisdom cannot be estimated in terms of ordinary human calculation. It transcends figures. Neither is it found in the land of the living. True wisdom, such as Job is speaking of (see the comment on vers. 12-28), does not exist among men. It transcends human faculties, and is among the peculiar possessions of the Most High (ver. 23). Hence the Most High is altogether inscrutable by man" his ways are past finding out."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
No
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

man
אֱנ֣וֹשׁ (’ĕ·nō·wōš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 582: Man, mankind

can know
יָדַ֣ע (yā·ḏa‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

its value,
עֶרְכָּ֑הּ (‘er·kāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6187: A pile, equipment, estimate

nor
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

is it found
תִ֝מָּצֵ֗א (ṯim·mā·ṣê)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

in the land
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of the living.
הַֽחַיִּֽים׃ (ha·ḥay·yîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life


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