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11 [Man] binds the streams so that they do not trickle [into the mine], and the thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.

12 But where shall [a]Wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

13 Man knows not the price of it; neither is it found in the land of the living.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:12 Wisdom is capitalized as a reminder of its divine implications. Note that the pronouns referring to wisdom are not capitalized. See footnote on Prov. 1:23.

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