Job 28:14

Study note

Setting — The speaker addresses the limits of human discovery after stating that no person can know wisdom’s value or locate it in the land of the living. He personifies the ocean depths and the sea as responding directly to this search.

The words — The text employs תְּה֣וֹם (tehom), literally "the deep," and אֵ֣ין ('ein), meaning "there is not," to portray the abyss and the sea as refusing to hold or supply wisdom.

The thread — Romans 11:33 similarly invokes the imagery of depth to describe God’s riches, wisdom, and knowledge, while explicitly noting that His judgments and ways are unsearchable.

Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to acknowledge that certain realities lie beyond human acquisition or measurement. It directs attention away from self-reliant searching toward the recognition of divine boundaries.

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