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Job 28:12 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? "
Job 28:12
Verse in Context
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He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
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 the living.
The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith,
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Job 28:1
"Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine"
Job 28:2
"Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone."
Job 28:3
"He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death."
Job 28:4
"The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men."
Job 28:5
"As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire."
Job 28:6
"The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold."
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