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Where Can Wisdom Be Found?

Job 28:14

In 11 translations

BSB
The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
KJV
The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
WEB
The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
ASV
The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.
LSV
The deep has said, It [is] not in me, || And the sea has said, It is not with me.
YLT
The deep hath said, 'It [is] not in me,' And the sea hath said, 'It is not with me.'
DBY
The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
DRC
The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me.
GNV
The depth sayth, It is not in mee: the sea also sayth, It is not with me.
JPS
The deep saith: 'It is not in me'; and the sea saith: 'It is not with me.'
LXXE
The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not with me.

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Original-language editions

WLC
תְּה֣וֹם אָ֭מַר לֹ֣א בִי־הִ֑יא וְיָ֥ם אָ֝מַ֗ר אֵ֣ין עִמָּדִֽי׃
LXX-Br
Ἄβυσσος εἶπεν, οὐκ ἔνεστιν ἐν ἐμοί· καὶ ἡ θάλασσα εἶπεν, οὐκ ἔνεστι μετʼ ἐμοῦ.

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  • Romans 11:33–34O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”

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