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Job 28:13

No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

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ASV

Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

KJV

Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

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8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
יָדַ֣עya.Da'he knowsH3045 →
אֱנ֣וֹשׁ'e.No.oshhumankindH582 →
עֶרְכָּ֑הּ'er.Kahvaluation itsH6187 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
תִ֝מָּצֵ֗אti.ma.Tze'it is foundH4672 →
בְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzin [the] land ofH776 →
הַֽחַיִּֽים׃Ha.chai.Yimthe living [ones]H2416 →

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Psalms 27:13Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.Jeremiah 11:19For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”Proverbs 8:11For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.Proverbs 8:18–19With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.Proverbs 3:14–15for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.Job 28:21–22It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. SelahProverbs 16:16How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.Proverbs 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.Isaiah 53:8By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.Psalms 119:72The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.Psalms 19:10They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.Matthew 13:44–46The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.Job 28:15–19It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.Ecclesiastes 8:16–17When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—Ezekiel 32:23Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terror in the land of the living.Ezekiel 32:24Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.Isaiah 38:11I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.

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