28To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'|


In Context

25 He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.

26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder;

27 then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.

28 To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'|

Job 28:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:28And he said to man, 'The fear of the Lord-that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.' "

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:28And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:28And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:28And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:28And He saith to man: — 'Lo, fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to turn from evil is understanding.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:28And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.