Job 28:12
Strong's Lexicon
But where
מֵאַ֣יִן (mê·’a·yin)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 370: 1) where?, whence?

can wisdom
וְֽ֭הַחָכְמָה (wə·ha·ḥā·ḵə·māh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2451: 1) wisdom 1a) skill (in war) 1b) wisdom (in administration) 1c) shrewdness, wisdom 1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs) 1e) wisdom (ethical and religious)

be found,
תִּמָּצֵ֑א (tim·mā·ṣê)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: 1) to find, attain to 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to find 1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought) 1a1b) to find (what is lost) 1a1c) to meet, encounter 1a1d) to find (a condition) 1a1e) to learn, devise 1a2) to find out 1a2a) to find out 1a2b) to detect 1a2c) to guess 1a3) to come upon, light upon 1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with 1a3b) to hit 1a3c) to befall 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be found 1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered 1b1b) to appear, be recognised 1b1c) to be discovered, be detected 1b1d) to be gained, be secured 1b2) to be, be found 1b2a) to be found in 1b2b) to be in the possession of 1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be 1b2d) to be left (after war) 1b2e) to be present 1b2f) to prove to be 1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to find, attain 1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come 1c3) to cause to encounter 1c4) to present (offering)

and where
וְאֵ֥י (wə·’ê)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 335: 1) where?, whence? 2) which?, how? (in prefix with other adverb)

does understanding
בִּינָֽה׃ (bî·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 998: 1) understanding, discernment 1a) act 1b) faculty 1c) object 1d) personified

זֶ֝ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such 1a) (alone) 1a1) this one 1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another 1b) (appos to subst) 1b1) this 1c) (as predicate) 1c1) this, such 1d) (enclitically) 1d1) then 1d2) who, whom 1d3) how now, what now 1d4) what now 1d5) wherefore now 1d6) behold here 1d7) just now 1d8) now, now already 1e) (poetry) 1e1) wherein, which, those who 1f) (with prefixes) 1f1) in this (place) here, then 1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter 1f3) thus and thus 1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus 1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side 1f6) on this account 1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how

dwell ?
מְק֣וֹם (mə·qō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4725: 1) standing place, place 1a) standing place, station, post, office 1b) place, place of human abode 1c) city, land, region 1d) place, locality, spot 1e) space, room, distance 1f) region, quarter, direction 1g) give place to, instead of

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?

Young's Literal Translation
And the wisdom—whence is it found? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But where can wisdom be found, and where is understanding located?

New American Standard Bible
"But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

King James Bible
But where shall wisdom be found? and where [is] the place of understanding?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?

New Living Translation
"But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding?

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

New American Standard Bible
"But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

King James Bible
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But where can wisdom be found, and where is understanding located?

International Standard Version
"Where can wisdom be found? Where is understanding's home?

NET Bible
"But wisdom--where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?

American Standard Version
But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

English Revised Version
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

Young's Literal Translation
And the wisdom -- whence is it found? And where is this, the place of understanding?
















Cross References
Job 28:11
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

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

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

Ecclesiastes 7:24
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 28:10
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.

Job 28:9
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

Job 28:13
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

Job 28:14
The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

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