Job 28 · Verse 14

Job 28:14

The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

Job 28:14, King James Version

Job 28:14 in other translations

BSB	The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
WEB	The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
ASV	The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.
YLT	The deep hath said, ‘It is not in me,' And the sea hath said, ‘It is not with me.'
DARBY	The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
BBE	The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.
Webster	The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

What does Job 28:14 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 14 The depth saith, It is not in me - Men may dig into the bowels of the earth, and there find gold, silver, and precious stones; but these will not give them true happiness. The sea saith, It is not with me - Men may explore foreign countries, and by navigation connect as it were the most distant parts of the earth, and multiply the comforts and luxuries of life; but every voyage and every enjoyment proclaim, True happiness is not here.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 28:12-19

Job here speaks of wisdom and understanding, the knowing and enjoying of God and ourselves. Its worth is infinitely more than all the riches in this world. It is a gift of the Holy Ghost which cannot be bought with money. Let that which is most precious in God's account, be so in ours. Job asks after it as one that truly desired to find it, and despaired of finding it any where but in God; any way but by Divine…

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Job 28:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תְּה֣וֹםte.Hom[the] deepH8415

אָ֭מַר'A.marit saysH559

לֹ֣אlo'notH3808

בִי\־vi-[is] in me

הִ֑יאHi'itH1931

וְיָ֥םve.Yamand [the] seaH3220

אָ֝מַ֗ר'a.Marit saysH559

אֵ֣ין'einnot [it]H369

עִמָּדִֽי\׃'i.ma.Di[is] with meH5978

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 28:14

Romans 11:33-34
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ro 11:33,34

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Job 28:13
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
Job 28:14
The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Job 28:15
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

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Job 28:14 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	El abismo dice: No está en mí: y la mar dijo: Ni conmigo.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	L’abîme dit: Elle n’est pas en moi; et la mer dit: Elle n’est pas chez moi.
German Elberfelder 1871	Die Tiefe spricht: Sie ist nicht in mir, und das Meer spricht: Sie ist nicht bei mir.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Abyssus dicit: Non est in me, et mare loquitur: Non est mecum.