Where Can Wisdom Be Found?

Job 28:3

In 11 translations

BSB: Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
KJV: He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
WEB: Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
ASV: Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
LSV: He has set an end to darkness, || And he is searching to all perfection, || A stone of darkness and death-shade.
YLT: An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.
DBY: [Man] putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.
DRC: He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death.
GNV: God putteth an end to darkenesse, and he tryeth the perfection of all things: he setteth a bond of darkenesse, and of the shadowe of death.
JPS: Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death.
LXXE: He has set a bound to darkness, and he searches out every limit: a stone is darkness, and the shadow of death.

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

WLC: קֵ֤ץ ׀ שָׂ֤ם לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ וּֽלְכָל־תַּ֭כְלִית ה֣וּא חוֹקֵ֑ר אֶ֖בֶן אֹ֣פֶל וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃
LXX-Br: Τάξιν ἔθετο σκότει, καὶ πᾶν πέρας αὐτὸς ἐξακριβάζεται, λίθος σκοτία, καὶ σκιὰ θανάτου.

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From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Ecclesiastes 1:13And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
Habakkuk 2:13Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
Job 12:22He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
Luke 16:8The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
Proverbs 2:4if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
Job 10:21–22before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom, to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
Job 38:16–17Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep? Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

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