Job 28:13
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 28:13 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 28:13 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 28:13 — KJV
“Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.”
— Job 28:13 (KJV)
Job 28:13 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 28:13
“Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.”
Shares key themes with Job 28:13: thereof, neither, land
“And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish. purposes: Heb. foundations for fish: Heb. of living things”
Shares key themes with Job 28:13: thereof, found, living
“Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.”
Shares key themes with Job 28:13: thereof, found, land
“But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. the tree...: Heb. the stalk with his bread”
Shares key themes with Job 28:13: thereof, land, living
“For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. although they...: Heb. though their life were yet among the living in the...: or, whose life is in his iniquity the iniquity: Heb. his iniquity”
Shares key themes with Job 28:13: thereof, neither, living
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