| Job 28:12 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | "But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | "Where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding live?(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? |
| ASV: | But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? |
| BBE: | But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge? |
| DBY: | But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding? |
| ERV: | But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? |
| JPS: | But wisdom, where shall it be found? And where is the place of understanding? |
| WBS: | But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? |
| WEB: | "But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding? |
| YLT: | And the wisdom -- whence is it found? And where is this, the place of understanding? |
| Job 28:12 Cross References |
| XREF: | Job 28:23 "God understands its way, And He knows its place.
Job 28:28 "And to man He said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.'"
Ecclesiastes 7:24 What has been is remote and exceedingly mysterious. Who can discover it? (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 28:12 But where shall wisdom be found? {h} and where [is] the place of understanding?
(h) Though God's power and wisdom may be understood in earthly things, yet his heavenly wisdom cannot be attained to. |
| WES: | 28:12 That wisdom - Man hath one kind of wisdom, to discover the works of nature, and to perform the operations of art; but as for that sublime wisdom which consists in the knowledge of God and ourselves, no man can discover this, but by the special gift of Cod. |
| MHC: | 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. |
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