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11 He dams up rivers from their sources,
and he brings secret things to the light.
12 “But[a] from where will wisdom be found?
And where in the world[b] is the place of understanding?
13 A human being does not know its proper value,
and it is not found in the land of the living.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:12 Hebrew “And”
  2. Job 28:12 Literally “where this”

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

11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

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

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