The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’
The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Job 28:14 in context
Job 28:11–17
11
He binds the streams that they don’t trickle.
The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
12
“But where will wisdom be found?
Where is the place of understanding?
13
Man doesn’t know its price,
and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
14
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The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’
The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
15
It can’t be gotten for gold,
neither will silver be weighed for its price.
16
It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir,
with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17
Gold and glass can’t equal it,
neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
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