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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!”
15 It can’t be bought with gold;
        its price can’t be measured in silver,

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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

13 No mortal comprehends its worth;(A)
    it cannot be found in the land of the living.(B)
14 The deep(C) says, “It is not in me”;
    the sea(D) says, “It is not with me.”
15 It cannot be bought with the finest gold,
    nor can its price be weighed out in silver.(E)

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