Parallel Bible results for "job 28:12-28"

Job 28:12-28

Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha CEBA

12 But wisdom, where can it be found; where is the place of understanding?

13 Humankind doesn't know its value; it isn't found in the land of the living.

14 The Deep says, "It's not with me"; the Sea says, "Not alongside me!"

15 It can't be bought with gold; its price can't be measured in silver,

16 can't be weighed against gold from Ophir, with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.

17 Neither gold nor glass can compare with it; she can't be acquired with gold jewelry.

18 Coral and jasper shouldn't be mentioned; the price of wisdom is more than rubies.

19 Cushite topaz won't compare with her; she can't be set alongside pure gold.

20 But wisdom, where does she come from? Where is the place of understanding?

21 She's hidden from the eyes of all the living, concealed from birds of the sky.

22 Destruction and Death have said, "We've heard a report of her."

23 God understands her way; he knows her place;

24 for he looks to the ends of the earth and surveys everything beneath the heavens.

25 In order to weigh the wind, to prepare a measure for waters,

26 when he made a decree for the rain, a path for thunderbolts,

27 then he observed it, spoke of it, established it, searched it out,

28 and said to humankind: "Look, the fear of the LORD is wisdom; turning from evil is understanding."

New International Version NIV

12 But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?

13 No mortal comprehends its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

14 The deep says, “It is not in me”; the sea says, “It is not with me.”

15 It cannot be bought with the finest gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

16 It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.

17 Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can it be had for jewels of gold.

18 Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

19 The topaz of Cush cannot compare with it; it cannot be bought with pure gold.

20 Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?

21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds in the sky.

22 Destruction and Death say, “Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.”

23 God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells,

24 for he views the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

25 When he established the force of the wind and measured out the waters,

26 when he made a decree for the rain and a path for the thunderstorm,

27 then he looked at wisdom and appraised it; he confirmed it and tested it.

28 And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”