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11 They search for places where rivers begin
    and bring things hidden out into the light.

12 “But where can wisdom be found,
    and where does understanding live?
13 People do not understand the value of wisdom;
    it cannot be found among those who are alive.

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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