Job 28:13

the price thereof For "price" the Sept. read wayman knoweth not the way thereof (cf. Job 28:23), i. e. the way to it, and very many commentators adopt this reading, which gives a more direct answer to the question in Job 28:12. It pricebe read, the phrase "man knoweth not the price thereof" does not mean that "it is too precious to be bought with money," but that it is no article of merchandise in the markets of mankind, in other words, it has never been found and is unknown among men. This meaning is clearly expressed in the second clause, "neither is it found in the land of the living."