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Job 28:20-22
New English Translation
Job 28:20-22
New English Translation
God Alone Has Wisdom
20 “But wisdom—where does it come from?[a]
Where is the place of understanding?
21 For[b] it has been hidden
from the eyes of every living creature,
and from the birds of the sky it has been concealed.
22 Destruction[c] and Death say,
‘With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.’[d]
Footnotes
- Job 28:20 tn The refrain is repeated, except now the verb is תָּבוֹא (tavoʾ, “come”).
- Job 28:21 tn The vav on the verb is unexpressed in the LXX. It should not be overlooked, for it introduces a subordinate clause of condition (R. Gordis, Job, 310).
- Job 28:22 tn Heb “Abaddon.”
- Job 28:22 tn Heb “heard a report of it,” which means a report of its location, thus “where it can be found.”
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