Job 28:28

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Job 28:23-28 The Message (MSG)

“God alone knows the way to Wisdom, he knows the exact place to find it. He knows where everything is on earth, he sees everything under heaven. After he commanded the winds to blow and measured out the waters, Arranged for the rain and set off explosions of thunder and lightning, He focused on Wisdom, made sure it was all set and tested and ready. Then he addressed the human race: ‘Here it is! Fear-of-the-Lord—that’s Wisdom, and Insight means shunning evil.’”

Job 28:28 King James Version (KJV)

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

Job 28:28 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

Job 28:28 New Century Version (NCV)

Then he said to humans, ‘The fear of the Lord is wisdom; to stay away from evil is understanding.’ ”

Job 28:28 American Standard Version (ASV)

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

Job 28:28 New International Version (NIV)

And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”

Job 28:28 New King James Version (NKJV)

And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

Job 28:28 Amplified Bible (AMP)

“But to man He said, ‘Behold, the reverential and worshipful fear of the Lord—that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

Job 28:28 New Living Translation (NLT)

And this is what he says to all humanity: ‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding.’”

Job 28:28 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”