Job 28:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 28:15-19 : 15 Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it. 16 It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire. 17 Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold. 18 There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold.
  • Job 28:21-22 : 21 For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air. 22 Destruction and Death say, We have only had word of it with our ears.
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.
  • Ps 52:5 : 5 But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)
  • Ps 119:72 : 72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.
  • Prov 3:14-15 : 14 For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold. 15 She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her.
  • Prov 8:11 : 11 For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.
  • Prov 8:18-19 : 18 Wealth and honour are in my hands, even wealth without equal and righteousness. 19 My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.
  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
  • Eccl 8:16-17 : 16 When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night), 17 Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.
  • Isa 38:11 : 11 I said, I will not see the Lord, even the Lord in the land of the living: I will not see man again or those living in the world.
  • Isa 53:8 : 8 They took away from him help and right, and who gave a thought to his fate? for he was cut off from the land of the living: he came to his death for the sin of my people.
  • Matt 13:44-46 : 44 The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field. 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels. 46 And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Job 28:12
    86%

    12 But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

  • Job 28:14-21
    8 verses
    85%

    14 The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.

    15 Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it.

    16 It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.

    17 Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.

    18 There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.

    19 The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold.

    20 From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

    21 For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air.

  • Eccl 8:17
    76%

    17 Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.

  • Eccl 7:24
    75%

    24 Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?

  • Eccl 8:7
    74%

    7 No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?

  • Prov 3:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13 Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

    14 For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

  • Prov 8:11
    74%

    11 For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.

  • Job 3:21
    73%

    21 To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;

  • Job 32:13
    73%

    13 Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

  • Prov 17:16
    72%

    16 How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

  • Prov 30:3
    72%

    3 I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.

  • Job 15:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

    9 What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?

  • Job 11:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7 Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

    8 They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;

  • Job 28:7
    72%

    7 No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it.

  • Job 32:9
    72%

    9 It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.

  • Job 20:4
    72%

    4 Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,

  • Job 28:23
    72%

    23 God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;

  • Job 36:19
    71%

    19 ...

  • Eccl 6:12
    71%

    12 Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

  • Prov 2:4
    71%

    4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

  • Eccl 9:5
    71%

    5 The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.

  • Job 36:26
    71%

    26 Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.

  • Job 42:3
    71%

    3 Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

  • Ps 92:6
    71%

    6 A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

  • Eccl 2:21
    70%

    21 Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

  • Job 38:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19 Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;

    20 So that you might take it to its limit, guiding it to its house?

  • Job 28:1
    70%

    1 Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.

  • Eccl 9:10
    70%

    10 Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.

  • Prov 24:14
    70%

    14 So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Ps 39:6
    70%

    6 Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

  • Job 4:21
    70%

    21 If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?

  • Eccl 1:15
    70%

    15 That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.

  • Eccl 6:8
    70%

    8 What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?

  • Job 28:28
    70%

    28 And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

  • Ps 139:6
    70%

    6 Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.

  • Prov 20:15
    70%

    15 There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.

  • Eccl 3:21
    69%

    21 Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?

  • Prov 16:16
    69%

    16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

  • Job 5:27
    69%

    27 See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.