the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Job 28:13
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No one can know its value,since it cannot be found in the land of the living.
Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
Man does not know its worth, and it is not found in the land of the living.
People do not understand the value of wisdom; it cannot be found among those who are alive.
Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.
"Man does not know the value of it; Nor is it found in the land of the living.
"Mankind does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living.
Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
Man knoweth not the price thereof: for it is not found in the land of the liuing.
Man does not know its worth,And it is not found in the land of the living.
No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
No human knows the way.
No one knows its value, and it can't be found in the land of the living.
Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.
People don't know where wisdom is. It cannot be found by anyone on earth.
No man knows the treasure thereof; neither is it found except in the land of the living.
Wisdom is not to be found among mortals; No one knows its true value.
A human being does not know its proper value, and it is not found in the land of the living.
Man does not know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
Verely no man can tell how worthy a thinge she is, nether is she foude in the lode of the lyuynge.
Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
Man knoweth not the price thereof neither is it found in the land of the liuing.
Ueryly no man can tell howe worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue.
A mortal has not known its way, neither indeed has it been discovered among men.
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
A man noot the prijs therof, nether it is foundun in the lond of men lyuynge swetli, `ether delicatli.
Common man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
Man knoweth not the price of it; neither is it found in the land of the living.
Man does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living.
No one knows where to find it, for it is not found among the living.
Man does not know its worth, and it is not found in the land of the living.
Mortals do not know the way to it, and it is not found in the land of the living.
Mortal knoweth not the way thereof, neither can it be found in the land of the living;
Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.
Man does not know the way to it, and it is not found in the land of the living.
Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living.
"Man does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
knoweth: Job 28:15-19, Psalms 19:10, Psalms 119:72, Proverbs 3:14, Proverbs 3:15, Proverbs 8:11, Proverbs 8:18, Proverbs 8:19, Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 23:23, Ecclesiastes 8:16, Ecclesiastes 8:17
in the land: Job 28:21, Job 28:22, Psalms 52:5, Isaiah 38:11, Isaiah 53:8
Reciprocal: Job 36:3 - fetch Jeremiah 11:19 - from Ezekiel 32:23 - the land
Cross-References
And YHWH appears to Abram and says, "To your seed I give this land"; and there he builds an altar to YHWH, who has appeared to him.
for the whole of the land which you are seeing, I give it to you and to your Seed for all time.
After these things the word of YHWH has been to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not fear, Abram, I [am] a shield to you, your reward [is] exceedingly great."
sojourn in this land, and I am with you, and bless you, for to you and to your seed I give all these lands, and I have established the oath which I have sworn to your father Abraham;
and YHWH appears to him during that night and says, "I [am] the God of your father Abraham, do not fear, for I [am] with you, and have blessed you, and have multiplied your seed, because of My servant Abraham";
and He gives to you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed with you, to cause you to possess the land of your sojournings, which God gave to Abraham."
And Esau sees that Isaac has blessed Jacob, and has sent him to Padan-Aram to take to himself from there a wife—in his blessing him that he lays a charge on him, saying, You must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan—
that Jacob listens to his father and to his mother, and goes to Padan-Aram—
And behold, I [am] with you, and have kept you wherever you go, and have caused you to return to this ground; for I do not leave you until I have surely done that which I have spoken to you."
And Jacob awakens out of his sleep and says, "Surely YHWH is in this place, and I did not know";
Gill's Notes on the 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 ערכה "ordinem ejus", Montanus, Bolducius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Man knoweth not the price thereof - The word rendered “price” (ערך ‛êrek) means properly that which is set in a pile or row, or which is arranged in order. Here it means preparation, equipment - that is, anything put in order, or ready, Judges 17:10. It is also used in the sense of estimation or valuation, Leviticus 5:15, Leviticus 5:18. The word “price” here, however, seems to form no proper answer to the question in the previous verse, as the question is, “where” wisdom is to be found, not what is its “value.” Many expositors have, therefore, introduced a different idea in their interpretation. Dr. Good renders it, “Man knoweth not its source.” Prof. Lee, “Man knoweth not its equal.” Herder, “Man knoweth not the seat thereof.” Coverdale, “No man can tell how worthy a thing she is.” The Septuagint renders it, “Man knoweth not - όδὸν άυτῆς hodon autēs - her way.” But the word used here is not employed to denote a “place” or “way,” and the true interpretation doubtless is, that Job does not confine himself to a strict answer of the question proposed in Job 28:12, but goes on to say that man could not buy it; he could neither find it, nor had he the means of purchasing it with all the wealth of which he was the owner.
Neither is it found in the land of the living - That is, it is not found among human beings. We must look to a higher source than man for true wisdom; compare Isaiah 38:11; Isaiah 53:8.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 28:13. Man knoweth not the price thereof — It is of infinite value; and is the only science which concerns both worlds. Without it, the wisest man is but a beast; with it, the simplest man is next to an angel.
Neither is it found in the land of the living. — The world by wisdom, its wisdom, never knew God. True religion came by Divine revelation: that alone gives the true notion of God, his attributes, ways, designs, judgments, providences, &c., whence man came, what is his duty, his nature, and his end. Literature, science, arts, &c., &c., can only avail man for the present life, nor can they contribute to his true happiness, unless tempered and directed by genuine religion.
