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he knows where it can be found,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“God understands the way to it, and he knows its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But God understands its way, and He knows its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />God understands its way, And He knows its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“God understands its way, And He knows its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220God understands its way, And He knows its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“God understands its way; And He knows its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“God understands its way, And He knows its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“God understands the way [to wisdom] And He knows its place [for wisdom is with God alone].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But God understands the way to wisdom, and he knows its location.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But God understands the way to wisdom, and He knows its location. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />God is the only one who knows the way to wisdom; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"God understands the way to it. He knows where it lives<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />God alone knows the way, Knows the place where wisdom is found, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />God understands how to get there; he knows where they live. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But God understands its way, and He knows its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />God understands the way to it, and he alone knows its place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"God understands its way, and he knows its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“God understands its way, and he knows its place. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />God has understood its way, "" And He has known its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> God hath understood its way, And He hath known its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />God understood its way, and he knew its place.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />God understands its way, and he knows its location.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But God understands the way to her; it is he who knows her place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“God understands the way to it, and he knows its place.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Because only God understands the way of it, and he knows the place thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because God is discerning its ways and he knows its place<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />God understandeth the way thereof, And He knoweth the place thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />God has well ordered the way of it, and he knows the place of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/28-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=4211" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/28.htm">Where Can Wisdom Be Found?</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">22</span>Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’ <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">But God</a> <a href="/hebrew/995.htm" title="995: hê·ḇîn (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To discern. A primitive root; to separate mentally, i.e.(generally) understand.">understands</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: dar·kāh (N-csc:: 3fs) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">its way,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: wə·hū (Conj-w:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">and He</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏa‘ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">knows</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: mə·qō·w·māh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">its place.</a> </span><span class="reftext">24</span>For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/2-6.htm">Proverbs 2:6</a></span><br />For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-33.htm">Romans 11:33</a></span><br />O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28</a></span><br />Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-25.htm">1 Corinthians 1:25</a></span><br />For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/147-5.htm">Psalm 147:5</a></span><br />Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/2-20.htm">Daniel 2:20-22</a></span><br />and declared: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him. / He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. / He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-3.htm">Colossians 2:3</a></span><br />in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a></span><br />“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-5.htm">James 1:5</a></span><br />Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/139-6.htm">Psalm 139:6</a></span><br />Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/2-10.htm">1 Corinthians 2:10-11</a></span><br />But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. / For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-19.htm">Proverbs 3:19-20</a></span><br />The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding. / By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-17.htm">Ephesians 1:17-18</a></span><br />that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him. / I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-24.htm">Psalm 104:24</a></span><br />How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-12.htm">Jeremiah 10:12</a></span><br />The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">God understands the way thereof, and he knows the place thereof.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/19-7.htm">Psalm 19:7</a></b></br> The law of the LORD <i>is</i> perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD <i>is</i> sure, making wise the simple.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/147-5.htm">Psalm 147:5</a></b></br> Great <i>is</i> our Lord, and of great power: his understanding <i>is</i> infinite.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/2-6.htm">Proverbs 2:6</a></b></br> For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth <i>cometh</i> knowledge and understanding.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/23-13.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/job/22-8.htm">Dwells</a> <a href="/job/28-20.htm">Resting-Place</a> <a href="/job/28-22.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-9.htm">Understandeth</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-9.htm">Understands</a> <a href="/job/13-1.htm">Understood</a> <a href="/job/28-13.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/31-17.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/job/39-28.htm">Dwells</a> <a href="/job/30-6.htm">Resting-Place</a> <a href="/job/31-17.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/psalms/19-12.htm">Understandeth</a> <a href="/psalms/33-15.htm">Understands</a> <a href="/job/38-18.htm">Understood</a> <a href="/job/28-26.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Job 28</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/28-1.htm">There is a knowledge of natural things</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/28-12.htm">But wisdom is an excellent gift of God</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/28.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/28.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But God understands its way</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the omniscience of God, highlighting His complete understanding of wisdom's path. In the context of Job, where human suffering and the search for meaning are central themes, this statement underscores that true wisdom is beyond human grasp and is fully known only to God. This aligns with passages like <a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a>, where God's thoughts and ways are higher than human understanding. The phrase also reflects the belief that God’s wisdom is inherent in the order of creation, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/3-19.htm">Proverbs 3:19-20</a>, where wisdom is foundational to the creation of the world.<p><b>and He knows its place</b><br>This part of the verse suggests that God not only understands the path of wisdom but also knows where it resides. It implies that wisdom is not hidden from God, even if it is elusive to humans. This can be connected to <a href="/colossians/2-3.htm">Colossians 2:3</a>, which states that all treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ, indicating that wisdom's ultimate place is in the divine. The cultural context of the ancient Near East often depicted wisdom as a hidden treasure, a theme that resonates with the idea that God alone knows its dwelling. This also points to the sovereignty of God, who is the source and possessor of all wisdom, as seen in <a href="/romans/11-33.htm">Romans 11:33-36</a>, where Paul marvels at the depth of God's wisdom and knowledge.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man of great faith and patience who undergoes severe trials and suffering.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The omniscient and omnipotent Creator, who alone possesses complete understanding and wisdom.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wisdom.htm">Wisdom</a></b><br>The subject of <a href="/bsb/job/28.htm">Job 28</a>, depicted as a precious and elusive treasure that only God fully comprehends.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a></b><br>The setting for the search for wisdom, symbolizing the vastness and complexity of creation.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_friends_of_job.htm">The Friends of Job</a></b><br>Though not directly mentioned in this verse, they are part of the broader account, offering limited human perspectives on suffering and wisdom.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_omniscience.htm">God's Omniscience</a></b><br>God alone understands the way to wisdom. This truth should lead us to trust in His perfect knowledge and guidance in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_pursuit_of_wisdom.htm">The Pursuit of Wisdom</a></b><br>While human efforts to find wisdom are limited, we are encouraged to seek it from God, who generously provides it to those who ask.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_in_understanding.htm">Humility in Understanding</a></b><br>Recognizing that our understanding is limited should cultivate humility and reliance on God for insight and direction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_divine_wisdom.htm">The Value of Divine Wisdom</a></b><br>True wisdom is more valuable than any earthly treasure. We should prioritize seeking God's wisdom over worldly pursuits.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_plan.htm">Faith in God's Plan</a></b><br>Even when we do not understand our circumstances, we can have faith that God knows the way and has a purpose for everything.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 28</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_brings_true_satisfaction_in_scripture.htm">What brings true satisfaction in life according to scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_doesn't_job_28_align_with_other_wisdom.htm">Why does Job 28 offer poetic descriptions of wisdom’s source without reconciling them with scientific or pagan wisdom traditions of the time?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_evil_people_succeed.htm">Is Satan present everywhere at all times?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_job_6_2-3_literal_or_metaphorical.htm">In Job 6:2-3, does the claim that Job's grief outweighs the sand of the seas present a literal impossibility or exaggerated metaphor?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/28.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) <span class= "bld">God understandeth the way thereof.</span>--God is the author of wisdom, and His fear is the beginning thereof; so with His infinite knowledge of the universe He cannot but be cognisant of the place and way thereof. It is to be observed that while the foundation of wisdom is said to be coeval with that of the world, the very existence of wisdom in relation to man implied the existence of evil, because except by departing from evil there could for man be no wisdom, though evil itself may undoubtedly involve and imply the deflection from a previously existing right. <span class= "ital">Wrong, </span>for example, is what is <span class= "ital">wrung </span>aside from the right. The two ideas which Job starts with are man's ignorance of the <span class= "ital">price </span>and the <span class= "ital">place </span>of wisdom. Neither he nor nature knows the place of it: neither all living, nor the deep, nor the sea; and as for its price, though man is prepared to give any high price for the costly stones and jewels of the earth, yet all that he has to give is not to be mentioned in comparison with the value of wisdom. Wisdom, however, is to be purchased by the poor, as we may infer from the language of the prophet Isaiah (<a href="/isaiah/55-1.htm" title="Ho, every one that thirsts, come you to the waters, and he that has no money; come you, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.">Isaiah 55:1</a>), or, at all events, that which ranks with wisdom; and in like manner Christ represented the kingdom of heaven as a pearl of great price, which would demand all that a man had to buy it, and yet he represented the poor as those especially to whom it was preached. It is true that the wisdom of which Job speaks (<a href="/job/28-28.htm" title="And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.">Job 28:28</a>) is in no way connected with the Gospel of the kingdom; but yet, if the words of the wise are indeed given from one Shepherd, it is impossible not to recognise a central thought underlying all such words, if not in the separate minds of the wise at heart, in the original mind of the one Shepherd. So we can see that that which is true of wisdom as described by Job receives its illustration from that which is true of the Gospel of the kingdom and of the evangelical promises of Isaiah.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 23.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof</span>. God only understands what true wisdom is. It is a part of his being, an essential element of his nature. He knows "the way" of it, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> how it works and manifests itself; and he knows "the place' of it, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> where it dwells, what limits it has, if any, and how far it is communicable to any beside himself. The highest knowledge is all hid in God (<a href="/colossians/2.htm">Colossians 2-3</a>); and, except so far as God imparts it to him, man can know nothing of it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/28-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱ֭לֹהִים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">understands</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵבִ֣ין</span> <span class="translit">(hê·ḇîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_995.htm">Strong's 995: </a> </span><span class="str2">To separate mentally, understand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its way,</span><br /><span class="heb">דַּרְכָּ֑הּ</span> <span class="translit">(dar·kāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and He</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝ה֗וּא</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">knows</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדַ֥ע</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its place.</span><br /><span class="heb">מְקוֹמָֽהּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mə·qō·w·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/28-23.htm">Job 28:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/28-23.htm">Job 28:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/28-23.htm">Job 28:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/28-23.htm">Job 28:23 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/28-23.htm">Job 28:23 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/28-23.htm">Job 28:23 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/28-23.htm">Job 28:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/28-23.htm">Job 28:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/28-23.htm">Job 28:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/28-23.htm">Job 28:23 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/28-23.htm">OT Poetry: Job 28:23 God understands its way and he knows (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/28-22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 28:22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 28:22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/28-24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 28:24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 28:24" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>