Job 28:12

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“But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?”

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BSBPD

“But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the wisdom--whence is it found? And where <FI>is<Fi> this, the place of understanding?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 28:12 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 3:9Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
  2. Job 28:20From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
  3. Job 28:28And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
  4. Psalms 51:6Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
  5. Proverbs 2:4if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
  6. Proverbs 3:19The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
  7. Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
  8. Ecclesiastes 7:23All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.
  9. Ecclesiastes 7:24What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?
  10. 1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
  11. Colossians 2:3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  12. James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
  13. James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

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