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Job 28:13 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 28:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 28:138 words
HebrewMeaning
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָדַ֣עyādaʿ
he knowsverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
אֱנ֣וֹשׁʾĕnwōš
humankindnounH582
thirsty · certain · chap; divers · fellow ···
עֶרְכָּ֑/הּʿerəkāh
valuation itsnounH6187
estimation · order · price · proportion ···
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תִ֝מָּצֵ֗אtimāṣēʾ
it is foundverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץbəʾereṣ
in the land ofpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
הַֽ/חַיִּֽיםhaḥayiym
the living onesparticleH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 28:13

-15. But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Man knoweth not the price thereof: neither is it found in the land of them that live pleasantly. The depth saith, It is not with me, and the sea saith, It is not with me. Fine gold shall not be given for it: neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof: It is first to be noted, that two points be proposed to himself, and two he adds making answer. For to this that he said above, Where…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 18 §60
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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