Job 28:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 28:20 : 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
Jas 1:5 : 5 But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?
Job 28:28 : 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.
Ps 51:6 : 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
Prov 2:4-6 : 4 If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures: 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God. 6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding:
Prov 3:19 : 19 Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.
Eccl 7:23-25 : 23 All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. 24 That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out? 25 I turned about, and my heart [was set] to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason [of things], and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.
1 Cor 1:19-20 : 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
Col 2:3 : 3 in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 28:20-21
2 verses
93%
20Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.
Job 28:13-15
3 verses
86%
13Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
14The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.
15It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Job 38:18-20
3 verses
80%
18Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.
19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?
Prov 8:1-2
2 verses
80%
1Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice?
2On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth;
Job 38:36-37
2 verses
78%
36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?
37Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
Eccl 7:24-25
2 verses
78%
24That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?
25I turned about, and my heart [was set] to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason [of things], and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.
Prov 8:11-12
2 verses
78%
11For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.
12I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge [and] discretion.
Job 12:12-13
2 verses
77%
12With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding.
13With [God] is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.
Job 28:27-28
2 verses
77%
27Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.
28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.
Job 28:23
76%
23God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.
Job 42:3
76%
3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Prov 3:13-14
2 verses
76%
13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.
14For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold.
Eccl 8:17
75%
17then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Job 15:8-9
2 verses
75%
8Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
9What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
Job 38:4
75%
4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
Prov 2:3-6
4 verses
75%
3Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;
4If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.
6For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding:
Job 28:11
75%
11He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
Job 11:7-8
2 verses
75%
7Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
8It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; What canst thou know?
Prov 4:7
74%
7Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [Therefore] get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
1 Cor 1:20
74%
20Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
Job 28:1
74%
1Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.
Job 12:3
74%
3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Job 26:3
74%
3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
Job 32:13
73%
13Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:
Prov 16:16
73%
16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
Job 6:13
73%
13Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?
Job 38:16
73%
16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
Prov 1:2
73%
2To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;
Prov 17:16
73%
16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?
Prov 30:3
73%
3And I have not learned wisdom, Neither have I the knowledge of the Holy One.
Prov 14:33
73%
33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But [that which is] in the inward part of fools is made known.
Eccl 8:1
73%
1Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
Job 20:4
72%
4Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,