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Where Can Wisdom Be Found?

Job 28:23

In 11 translations

BSB
But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
KJV
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
WEB
“God understands its way, and he knows its place.
ASV
God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.
LSV
God has understood its way, || And He has known its place.
YLT
God hath understood its way, And He hath known its place.
DBY
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth its place:Elohim
DRC
God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.
GNV
But God vnderstandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
JPS
God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof.
LXXE
God has well ordered the way of it, and he knows the place of it.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אֱ֭לֹהִים הֵבִ֣ין דַּרְכָּ֑הּ וְ֝ה֗וּא יָדַ֥ע אֶת־מְקוֹמָֽהּ׃
LXX-Br
Ὁ Θεὸς εὖ συνέστησεν αὐτῆς τὴν ὁδὸν, αὐτὸς δὲ οἶδε τὸν τόπον αὐτῆς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 8:22–31The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old. From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began. When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs…
  • 1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
  • Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
  • Jude 1:25to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
  • Psalms 147:5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
  • Proverbs 2:6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
  • Matthew 11:27All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
  • Psalms 19:7The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
  • Luke 10:21–22At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes,…
  • Acts 15:18that have been known for ages.’
  • Proverbs 8:14Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.

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