Job 28:13
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New International Version (©2011)
No mortal comprehends its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

New Living Translation (©2007)
No one knows where to find it, for it is not found among the living.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Man does not know its worth, and it is not found in the land of the living.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Man does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
No man can know its value, since it cannot be found in the land of the living.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Mankind doesn't appreciate their value; and you won't find it anywhere on earth.

NET Bible (©2006)
Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
No mortal knows where it is. It cannot be found in this world of the living.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Man knows not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

American King James Version
Man knows not the price thereof; neither is it 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.

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

Darby Bible Translation
Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.

English Revised Version
Man knoweth not the price thereof; 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; Neither is it 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.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

28:12-19 Job here speaks of wisdom and understanding, the knowing and enjoying of God and ourselves. Its worth is infinitely more than all the riches in this world. It is a gift of the Holy Ghost which cannot be bought with money. Let that which is most precious in God's account, be so in ours. Job asks after it as one that truly desired to find it, and despaired of finding it any where but in God; any way but by Divine revelation.

Pulpit Commentary

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."

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Man knoweth not the price thereof,.... The worth and value of it, what price to set upon it, or offer and give for it; nor does he know where to find an equivalent to it, or what is a valuable consideration for it: as for the wisdom of God in his dealings with men, if a man was to give all the substance of his house to know the secret reasons of them, it would utterly be condemned; yea, if he had all the riches in the world in his possession, and would offer them on that consideration, he would not be able to attain the knowledge of them: or "the order thereof" (o); the order of divine Providence, the wise disposal of thing, and the reasons thereof. In the first sense it is applicable to all the things before mentioned; to spiritual wisdom in men, supernatural grace, experimental religion, and real godliness; the worth of which is not known by carnal men, they despise it, and scoff at it; and to the Gospel, which is reckoned foolishness by them, and is of no account; and so is Christ himself rejected and disallowed of men, though chosen of God, and precious both to him and them that believe, who only know the price and value of him:

neither is it found in the land of the living; meaning not wisdom, though that in every sense is not from below, or earthly, but from above, and heavenly, but the price of it; and the sense is, that there is nothing in the whole globe that is equal to its worth, or can be proposed as a valuable consideration for it.

(o) "ordinem ejus", Montanus, Bolducius.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

13. Man can fix no price upon it, as it is nowhere to be found in man's abode (Isa 38:11). Job implies both its valuable worth, and the impossibility of buying it at any price.

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Wisdom an Excellent Gift of God
12But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? 13Man knows not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. 14The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not with me. …

Matthew 13:44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
Job 28:14 The deep says, "It is not in me"; the sea says, "It is not with me."
Psalm 27:13 I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Jeremiah 11:19 I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; I did not realize that they had plotted against me, saying, "Let us destroy the tree and its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more."
Ezekiel 32:24 "Elam is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword. All who had spread terror in the land of the living went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.