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11 
“Man dams up the streams from flowing [so that they do not trickle into the mine],
And what is hidden he brings out to the light.

The Search for Wisdom Is Harder

12 
“But where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
13 
“Man does not know the value of it;
Nor is it found in the land of the living.

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11 They search[a] the sources of the rivers(A)
    and bring hidden things(B) to light.

12 But where can wisdom be found?(C)
    Where does understanding dwell?(D)
13 No mortal comprehends its worth;(E)
    it cannot be found in the land of the living.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:11 Septuagint, Aquila and Vulgate; Hebrew They dam up