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Job 28:11-13
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11 He explores the sources of the streams
    and brings hidden riches to light.
12 But where can wisdom be found?
    And where is the place of understanding?

Wisdom Cannot Be Purchased[a]

13 “No one knows the way to it,
    nor is it to be found in the land of the living.

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  1. Job 28:13 Wisdom is not found along the route of human discoveries; all the treasures of the world are of no avail in acquiring it.
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Job 28:11-13
New International Version

11 They search[a] the sources of the rivers(A)
    and bring hidden things(B) to light.

12 But where can wisdom be found?(C)
    Where does understanding dwell?(D)
13 No mortal comprehends its worth;(E)
    it cannot be found in the land of the living.(F)

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  1. Job 28:11 Septuagint, Aquila and Vulgate; Hebrew They dam up
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