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Job 28:23

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

But God understands its way, and He knows its place.

American Standard Version (1901)

God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.

Bible in Basic English

God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;

Free Bible Version

Only God understands the path to wisdom; he knows where it is found.

King James (Authorized) Version

God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

Translation for Translators

God is the only one who knows how to find wisdom; he knows where it is,

Unlocked Literal Bible

God understands the way to it; he knows its place.

Noah Webster Bible

God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth its place.

World English Bible

“God understands its way, and he knows its place.

Young's Literal Translation

God hath understood its way, And He hath known its place.

Context

Where Can Wisdom Be Found?

²²Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’ ²³But God understands its way, and He knows its place. ²⁴For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

Summary

In Job 28:23, the wisdom of God is highlighted as being beyond human comprehension and discovery. This verse emphasizes that God alone understands the way to wisdom and knows its location. It underscores the limitations of human understanding and the need for reliance on God for true wisdom. Job 28 as a whole reflects on the value of wisdom and the impossibility of obtaining it through human efforts alone, pointing to the divine source of all true wisdom.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

God understandeth the way thereof - It can only be taught by a revelation from himself. Instead of הבין hebin, understandeth, six MSS. have הכין hechin, disposed or established. This reading is also supported by the Septuagint; Ὁ Θεος ευ συνεστησεν αυτης ὁδον, "God hath well established her way:" falsely rendered bene cognovit, hath well known, in the Latin version of the Septuagint in the London Polyglot; but bene constituit, hath well established, in the Complutensian, Antwerp, and Paris Polyglots.

Job 28:23

Where Can Wisdom Be Found?

²²Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’ ²³But God understands its way, and He knows its place. ²⁴For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

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Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

But God understands its way, and He knows its place.

American Standard Version (1901)

God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.

Bible in Basic English

God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;

Free Bible Version

Only God understands the path to wisdom; he knows where it is found.

King James (Authorized) Version

God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

Translation for Translators

God is the only one who knows how to find wisdom; he knows where it is,

Unlocked Literal Bible

God understands the way to it; he knows its place.

Noah Webster Bible

God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth its place.

World English Bible

“God understands its way, and he knows its place.

Young's Literal Translation

God hath understood its way, And He hath known its place.

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

God understandeth the way thereof - It can only be taught by a revelation from himself. Instead of הבין hebin, understandeth, six MSS. have הכין hechin, disposed or established. This reading is also supported by the Septuagint; Ὁ Θεος ευ συνεστησεν αυτης ὁδον, "God hath well established her way:" falsely rendered bene cognovit, hath well known, in the Latin version of the Septuagint in the London Polyglot; but bene constituit, hath well established, in the Complutensian, Antwerp, and Paris Polyglots.