Job 28:14
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New International Version (©2011)
The deep says, "It is not in me"; the sea says, "It is not with me."

New Living Translation (©2007)
It is not here,' says the ocean. 'Nor is it here,' says the sea.

English Standard Version (©2001)
The deep says, ‘It is not in me,’ and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"The deep says, 'It is not in me'; And the sea says, 'It is not with me.'

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The ocean depths say, "It's not in me," while the sea declares, "I don't have it."

International Standard Version (©2012)
The deepest ocean says, 'It's not within me.' and the sea says, 'You'll never find it with me.'

NET Bible (©2006)
The deep says, 'It is not with me.' And the sea says, 'It is not with me.'

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The deep ocean says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
The deep says, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.

American King James Version
The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not with me.

American Standard Version
The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me.

Darby Bible Translation
The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.

English Revised Version
The deep saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

Webster's Bible Translation
The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

World English Bible
The deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'

Young's Literal Translation
The deep hath said, 'It is not in me,' And the sea hath said, 'It is not with me.'

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 14. - The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. The deep abysses of the ocean declare that it is not with them; and the wide reaches of the far-extending sea proclaim that it is not with them either.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The depth saith, it is not in me,.... That is, the deep places of the earth, that are dug in it, the mines, and the like, could they speak, they would say there are no metal, nor minerals, no rich treasures of gold and silver ore, of pearls and precious stones, in the bowels of it, that are of the value of wisdom, or to be compared to it:

and the sea saith, it is not with me; had that a voice to speak, it would freely declare, that there is nothing in its vast compass, at the bottom of it, or to be got out of it, as corals that grow in it, and pearls fished from thence, after mentioned, that are a sufficient price for wisdom. Some understand these words, the former part of miners and colliers, and such sort of men, that dig and live in the depths of the earth; and the latter part of mariners, that are employed on the sea, who are generally ignorant and carnal men, and void of the knowledge of wisdom in every view of it; but the sense first given is best.

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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. …

Job 28:13 No mortal comprehends its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.
Job 28:15 It cannot be bought with the finest gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.