Mankind does not know its place; ¹  it cannot be found in the land of the living.

biblegateway Job 28:13

"Man does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

No man can know its value, since it cannot be found in the land of the living.

No mortal knows where it is. It cannot be found in this world of the living.

biblegateway Job 28:13

Man does not comprehend its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

Man does not know its worth, and it is not found in the land of the living.

bibleoremus Job 28:13

Mortals do not know the way to it, and it is not found in the land of the living.

No one knows the way to it, nor is it to be found in the land of the living.

biblegateway Job 28:13

Man does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

biblegateway Job 28:13

Mankind does not know its place; ¹  it cannot be found in the land of the living.

¹ tc The LXX has “its way, apparently reading דַּרְכָה (darkhah) in place of עֶרְכָּהּ (’erkah, “place”). This is adopted by most modern commentators. But R. Gordis (Job, 308) shows that this change is not necessary, for עֶרֶךְ (’erekh) in the Bible means “order; row; disposition,” and here “place.” An alternate meaning would be “worth” (NIV, ESV).