Job 28:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

Word-for-word

5/5

Readability

2/5

💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

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

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85%
15It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.
Job 28:12-13
2 verses
85%
12But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
13Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
Job 38:16
77%
16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
Eccl 7:23-24
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76%
23All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
24That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?
Job 11:8-9
2 verses
74%
8It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; What canst thou know?
9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.
Prov 30:3
71%
3And I have not learned wisdom, Neither have I the knowledge of the Holy One.
Job 36:19
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19Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength?
Job 28:1-2
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1Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.
2Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.
Job 14:11
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11[ As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;
Job 22:11
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11Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.
Ps 139:6
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6[ Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Job 42:3
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3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Job 6:13
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13Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?
Prov 25:3
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3As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.
Ps 69:15
69%
15Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
Job 15:8-9
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69%
8Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
9What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
Job 38:18-19
2 verses
69%
18Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.
19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Job 28:6-7
2 verses
69%
6The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.
7That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:
Job 7:12
69%
12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?
Eccl 1:15
69%
15That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Job 26:5
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5They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.
Job 14:18
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18But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;
Ps 33:7
69%
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Job 32:13-14
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13Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:
14For he hath not directed his words against me; Neither will I answer him with your speeches.
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68%
13Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?
Jonah 2:5
68%
5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.
Eccl 8:17
68%
17then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
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68%
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68%
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68%
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30The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.
Prov 30:16
68%
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Job 14:4
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4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
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8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.