Job 28:13

Man doesn’t know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

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WEBBE

Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.

BSB

No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

KJV

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

ASV

Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

BBE

Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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. (Job 28:20-28)

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