Verse
Job 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom…
“And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.”
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The verses around Job 28:28.
26When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
27Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Verse explanation
“The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom” closes the poem with a simple answer after such a long search. Many scholars read this whole chapter as an almost independent interlude, a hymn inserted before Job’s final speech, rather than exactly his own voice complaining as in the surrounding chapters.
From the Job 28 study in Bible in Stories.
Job 28:28 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Porém disse ao homem: Eis que o temor do Senhor é a sabedoria, e apartar-se do mal, a intelligencia.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
E disse ao homem: Eis que o temor ao Senhor é a sabedoria, e o desviar-se do mal [é] a inteligência.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Dijo a los hombres: ‘Reverenciar al Señor es la sabiduría, y apartarse del mal es el entendimiento’”.
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In other languages: Português (Jó 28:28) · Español (Job 28:28)
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