Job 28:12 · KJV
“But where shall wisdom be found? and where {is} the place of understanding?”
— Job 28:12
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and {the thing that is} hid bringeth he forth to light. {overflowing: Heb. weeping}
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
Job 28 — Context
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and {the thing that is} hid bringeth he forth to light. {overflowing: Heb. weeping}
12But where shall wisdom be found? and where {is} the place of understanding?
13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
14The depth saith, It {is} not in me: and the sea saith, {It is} not with me.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:4-6
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as {for} hid treasures;
Job 28:20
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where {is} the place of understanding?
James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all {men} liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Proverbs 3:19
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. {established: or, prepared}
Colossians 2:3
In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. {In whom: or, Wherein}
1 Corinthians 1:19-20
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
Job 28:28
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that {is} wisdom; and to depart from evil {is} understanding.
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.