Job 28:13

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.”

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BSBPD

“No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 28:13 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 28:15It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
  2. Job 28:21It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
  3. Psalms 19:10They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
  4. Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
  5. Psalms 119:72The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
  6. Proverbs 3:14for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
  7. Proverbs 8:11For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
  8. Proverbs 8:18With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.
  9. Proverbs 16:16How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
  10. Proverbs 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
  11. Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
  12. Isaiah 38:11I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.
  13. Isaiah 53:8By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
  14. Matthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.

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