Job 28:28 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

So he told humans, 'The fear of the Lord is wisdom! To stay away from evil is understanding.'"(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

To man he said,'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"

YLT:

And He saith to man: -- 'Lo, fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to turn from evil is understanding.'

Job 28:28 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever.

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the {o} fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.
(o) He declares that man has as much of this heavenly wisdom as he shows by fearing God and departing from evil.

WES:

28:28 Man - Unto Adam in the day in which he was created. And in him, to all his posterity. Said - God spake it, at first to the mind of man, in which he wrote this with his own finger, and afterwards by the holy patriarchs, and prophets, and other teachers, whom he sent into the world to teach men true wisdom. Behold - Which expression denotes the great importance of this doctrine, and withal man's backwardness to apprehend it. The fear of the Lord - True religion. Wisdom - In man's wisdom, because that, and that only, is his duty, and safety, and happiness, both for this life and for the next. Evil - From sin, which is called evil eminently, as being the chief evil, and the cause of all other evils. Religion consists of two branches, doing good, and forsaking evil; the former is expressed in the former clause of this verse , and the latter in these words; and this is the best kind of knowledge or wisdom to which man can attain in this life. The design of Job in this close of his discourse, is not to reprove the boldness of his friends, in prying into God's secrets, and passing such a rash censure upon him, and upon God's carriage towards him; but also to vindicate himself from the imputation of hypocrisy, which they fastened upon him, by shewing that he had ever esteemed it to be his best wisdom, to fear God, and to depart from evil.

MHC:

28:20-28 There is a two-fold wisdom; one hid in God, which is secret, and belongs not to us; the other made known by him, and revealed to man. One day's events, and one man's affairs, have such reference to, and so hang one upon another, that He only, to whom all is open, and who sees the whole at one view, can rightly judge of every part. But the knowledge of God's revealed will is within our reach, and will do us good. Let man look upon this as his wisdom, To fear the Lord, and to depart from evil. Let him learn that, and he is learned enough. Where is this wisdom to be found? The treasures of it are hid in Christ, revealed by the word, received by faith, through the Holy Ghost. It will not feed pride or vanity, or amuse our vain curiosity. It teaches and encourages sinners to fear the Lord, and to depart from evil, in the exercise of repentance and faith, without desiring to solve all difficulties about the events of this life.

CONC:

Behold Depart Evil Fear Shun Truly Turn Understanding Wisdom

Depart Evil Fear Shun Turn Understanding Way Wisdom

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