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Job 28

Job 28:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Man
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
knoweth
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
not the price
`erek (Hebrew #6187)
a pile, equipment, estimate
KJV usage: equal, estimation, (things that are set in) order, price, proportion, X set at, suit, taxation, X valuest.
Pronounce: eh'rek
Origin: from 6186
i thereof; neither is it found
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
in the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of the living
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
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Prov. 3:13‑15• 13Blessed [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom,{HR}And the man [that] getteth understanding.
 14For the gain thereof [is] better than the gain of silver,{HR}And her revenue than fine gold.
 15She [is] more precious than rubies,{HR}And all the things thou canst desire are not equal to her. (Prov. 3:13‑15)

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Ministry on This Verse

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knoweth.
Job 28:15‑19• 15Pure gold is not given for it,{HR}Nor is silver weighed, its price.
 16It cannot be weighed with gem of Ophir,{HR}With the precious onyx or the sapphire.
 17Gold and glass cannot equal it,{HR}Nor its exchange [be] a vessel of fine gold.
 18Coral or pearl is not to be mentioned.{HR}And the acquisition of wisdom [is] above rubies,
 19The topaz of Cush doth not match it,{HR}With the clear gem it is not weighed. (Job 28:15‑19)
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Psa. 19:10• 10To be desired more than gold, and more than much pure gold;{HR}And sweeter than honey and the dropping of the honeycomb. (Psa. 19:10)
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Psa. 119:72• 72The law of thy mouth [is] better to me{HR}Than thousands of gold and silver. (Psa. 119:72)
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Prov. 3:14‑15• 14For the gain thereof [is] better than the gain of silver,{HR}And her revenue than fine gold.
 15She [is] more precious than rubies,{HR}And all the things thou canst desire are not equal to her. (Prov. 3:14‑15)
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Prov. 8:11,18‑19• 11For wisdom [is] better than rubies,{HR}And all the things that may be desired are not comparable to her.
 18Riches and honour [are] with me;{HR}Durable wealth and righteousness.
 19My fruit [is] better than gold, yea than pure gold;{HR}And my revenue than choice silver. (Prov. 8:11,18‑19)
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Prov. 16:16• 16{i}How much better is it to get wisdom than fine gold,{HR}And the getting of intelligence to be preferred to silver!{/i} (Prov. 16:16)
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Prov. 23:23• 23Buy the truth, and sell [it] not—{HR}Wisdom and instruction and understanding. (Prov. 23:23)
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Eccl. 8:16‑17• 16When I applied mine heart to know wisdom,{HR}And to see the business that is done upon the earth:{HR}(For also [there is that] neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
 17Then I beheld all the work of God,{HR}That man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun:{HR}Because however much a man labour to seek out,{HR}Yet he shall not find;{HR}Yea moreover, though a wise man think to know,{HR}Yet shall he not be able to find. (Eccl. 8:16‑17)
in the land.
Job 28:21‑22• 21And further it is hidden from the eyes of all living,{HR}And it is concealed from the birds of the heavens,
 22Destruction and Death have said,{HR}With our ears we have heard its report. (Job 28:21‑22)
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Psa. 52:5• 5God shall likewise destroy thee forever;{HR}He shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of tent,{HR}And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. (Psa. 52:5)
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Isa. 38:11• 11I said, I shall not see Jah, Jah in the land of the living. I shall not behold man longer with the inhabitants of the world. (Isa. 38:11)
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Isa. 53:8• 8He was taken from detention and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation for he was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of my people was he stricken. (Isa. 53:8)
• Man, frail mortal, knows not and has not the price to obtain it, for it is not found in the land of the living. If it were within reach, then some would be able to attain to it; some rich man would have the price to pay for it. But it is beyond man; “It is high, I cannot attain unto it.” (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Mana knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.

JND Translation Notes

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Enosh.

W. Kelly Translation

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No mortal knoweth its price,{HR}Nor is it found in the land of the living.