Berean Standard Bible

Job 28:12-28

12But whereH370 can wisdomH2451 be foundH4672, and whereH335 does understandingH998 H2088 dwellH4725?13NoH3808 manH582 can knowH3045 its valueH6187, norH3808 is it foundH4672 in the landH776 of the livingH2416.14The ocean depthsH8415 sayH559, ‘ItH1931 is notH3808 in me,’ while the seaH3220 declaresH559, ‘It is notH369 with meH5978.’15It cannotH3808 be boughtH5414 withH8478 goldH5458, norH3808 can its priceH4242 be weighed outH8254 in silverH3701.16It cannotH3808 be valuedH5541 in the goldH3800 of OphirH211, in preciousH3368 onyxH7718 or sapphireH5601.17NeitherH3808 goldH2091 nor crystalH2137 can compare to itH6186, nor jewelsH3627 of fine goldH6337 be exchanged for itH8545.18CoralH7215 and quartzH1378 are unworthyH3808 of mentionH2142; the priceH4901 of wisdomH2451 is beyond rubiesH6443.19TopazH6357 from CushH3568 1 cannotH3808 compare to itH6186, nor can itH3808 be valuedH5541 in pureH2889 goldH3800.

20From whereH370, then, does wisdomH2451 comeH935,and whereH335 H2088 does understandingH998 dwellH4725?21It is hiddenH5956 from the eyesH5869 of everyH3605 living thingH2416and concealedH5641 from the birdsH5775 of the airH8064.22AbaddonH11 2 and DeathH4194 sayH559,‘We have heardH8085 a rumor about itH8088 .’23But GodH430 understandsH995 its wayH1870,and HeH1931 knowsH3045 its placeH4725.24ForH3588 HeH1931 looksH5027 to the endsH7098 of the earthH776and seesH7200 everythingH3605 underH8478 the heavensH8064.25When God fixedH6213 the weightH4948 of the windH7307and measured outH8505 H4060 the watersH4325,26when He setH6213 a limitH2706 for the rainH4306and a pathH1870 for the thunderboltH2385 H6963,27thenH227 He looked atH7200 wisdom and appraised itH5608;He established itH3559 H1571 and searched it outH2713.28And He saidH559 to manH120, ‘BeholdH2005,the fearH3374 of the LordH136, thatH1931 is wisdomH2451,and to turn awayH5493 from evilH7451 is understandingH998.’”

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