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Wisdom’s value

12 But wisdom, where can it be found;
    where is the place of understanding?
13 Humankind doesn’t know its value;
    it isn’t found in the land of the living.
14 The Deep[a] says, “It’s not with me”;
    the Sea[b] says, “Not alongside me!”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:14 Heb Tehom, a reference to a divine being in the grave or underworld
  2. Job 28:14 Heb Yam, a sea god

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