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The Book of Job, Chapter 28, Verse 12

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He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and [the thing that is] hid bringeth he forth to light.
King James Version
But where shall wisdom be found? and where [is] the place of understanding?
American Standard Version
But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
New English Translation
No Price Can Buy Wisdom“But wisdom– where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?
World English Bible
"But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
13
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
14
The depth saith, It [is] not in me: and the sea saith, [It is] not with me.
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It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed [for] the price thereof.
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It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
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The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold.
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No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.
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The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
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Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding?
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Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
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Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.