Job 28:14

"Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living."

Key Reflection

In Job 28:14, the author emphasizes the profound value and rarity of wisdom by stating that man does not know its price, suggesting that wisdom transcends mere monetary worth. Moreover, it is not found among the living in a conventional sense; rather, it resides on a higher plane, beyond human comprehension or tangible acquisition in this earthly realm. This verse underscores the idea that true wisdom comes from a divine source and cannot be fully grasped or bought by mortal means.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The depth saith -This is a beautiful personification. The object of this verse and the following is, to show that wisdom cannot be found in the deepest recesses to which man can penetrate, nor purchased by anything which man possesses. It must come from God only. The word “depth” here (תהוםtehôm) means properly a wave, billow, surge; then a mass of waters, a flood, or the deep ocean,Deuteronomy 8:7;Genesis 7:11;Psalms 36:6; and then a gulf, or abyss. It refers here to the sea, or ocean; and the idea is, that its vast depths might be sounded, and true wisdom would not be found there.

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