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Job 28:22
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Job 28:22
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Destruction
[a]
and Death say, “Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.”
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Job 28:22 in Other Translations
KJV
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Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
ESV
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Abaddon and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'
NLT
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Destruction and Death say, ‘We’ve heard only rumors of where wisdom can be found.’
MSG
22
If you search through the graveyard and question the dead, they say, 'We've only heard rumors of it.'
CSB
22
Abaddon and Death say, "We have heard news of it with our ears."
Job 28:22 In-Context
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Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?
21
It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds in the sky.
22
Destruction and Death say, “Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.”
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God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells,
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for he views the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
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S
Job 20:26
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Revelation 9:11
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Job 26:6
2.
Proverbs 8:32-36
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[a].
Hebrew "Abaddon"
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