Job 28:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

Man does not know its value; nor is it found in the land of the living.

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  • Job 28:15-19 : 15 It cannot be bought with gold, nor shall silver be weighed for its price. 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. 18 No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls, for the price of wisdom is above rubies. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, nor shall it be valued with pure gold.
  • Job 28:21-22 : 21 Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept secret from the birds of the air. 22 Destruction and death say, 'We have heard a report of it with our ears.'
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
  • Ps 52:5 : 5 God shall likewise destroy you forever, He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of 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 its merchandise is better than the merchandise of silver, and its gain than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things you can desire are not to be compared to her.
  • Prov 8:11 : 11 For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired cannot compare to it.
  • Prov 8:18-19 : 18 Riches and honor are with me; yes, enduring riches and righteousness. 19 My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!
  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Buy the truth, and do not sell it, also wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
  • Eccl 8:16-17 : 16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the work that is done upon the earth (for there are those who neither day nor night see sleep with their eyes), 17 Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.
  • Isa 38:11 : 11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall see man no more among the inhabitants of the world.
  • Isa 53:8 : 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? For he was cut off from the land of the living: for the transgression of my people he was stricken.
  • Matt 13:44-46 : 44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 46 When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 28:12
    86%

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

  • Job 28:14-21
    8 verses
    85%

    14The depth says, 'It is not in me'; and the sea says, 'It is not with me.'

    15It cannot be bought with gold, nor shall silver be weighed for its price.

    16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

    17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

    18No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls, for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

    19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, nor shall it be valued with pure gold.

    20From where then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

    21Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept secret from the birds of the air.

  • Eccl 8:17
    76%

    17Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.

  • Eccl 7:24
    75%

    24That which is far off and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?

  • Eccl 8:7
    74%

    7For he does not know what shall be; for who can tell him when it shall be?

  • Prov 3:13-14
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    74%

    13Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

    14For its merchandise is better than the merchandise of silver, and its gain than fine gold.

  • Prov 8:11
    74%

    11For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired cannot compare to it.

  • Job 3:21
    73%

    21Who long for death, but it does not come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

  • Job 32:13
    73%

    13Lest you should say, We have found out wisdom: God will thrust him down, not man.

  • Prov 17:16
    72%

    16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?

  • Prov 30:3
    72%

    3I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the Holy One.

  • Job 15:8-9
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    72%

    8Have you heard the secret counsel of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

    9What do you know that we don't know? What do you understand that is not in us?

  • Job 11:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7Can you by searching find out God? Can you find out the Almighty to perfection?

    8It is as high as heaven; what can you do? Deeper than the grave; what can you know?

  • Job 28:7
    72%

    7There is a path that no bird knows, and the vulture's eye has not seen:

  • Job 32:9
    72%

    9Great men are not always wise, nor do the aged understand judgment.

  • Job 20:4
    72%

    4Do you not know this of old, since man was placed on earth,

  • Job 28:23
    72%

    23God understands its way, and he knows its place.

  • Job 36:19
    71%

    19Will he value your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

  • Eccl 6:12
    71%

    12For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

  • Prov 2:4
    71%

    4If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;

  • Eccl 9:5
    71%

    5For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing, nor have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

  • Job 36:26
    71%

    26Behold, God is great, and we do not know him, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

  • Job 42:3
    71%

    3Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6A senseless man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.

  • Eccl 2:21
    70%

    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

  • Job 38:19-20
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    19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is its place,

    20That you may take it to its boundary, and that you may discern the paths to its home?

  • Job 28:1
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    1Surely there is a source for silver, and a place where gold is refined.

  • Eccl 9:10
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    10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go.

  • Prov 24:14
    70%

    14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul: when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your expectation shall not be cut off.

  • Ps 39:6
    70%

    6Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.

  • Job 4:21
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    21Does not their excellence which is in them vanish away? They die, even without wisdom.

  • Eccl 1:15
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    15That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is lacking cannot be counted.

  • Eccl 6:8
    70%

    8For what has the wise more than the fool? what does the poor have, who knows to walk before the living?

  • Job 28:28
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    28And to man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'

  • Ps 139:6
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    6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it.

  • Prov 20:15
    70%

    15There is gold and a multitude of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

  • Eccl 3:21
    69%

    21Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth?

  • Prov 16:16
    69%

    16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!

  • Job 5:27
    69%

    27Behold this, we have searched it out, it is true; hear it, and know it for your good.