Job 28:28

Hebrew	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָֽאָדָ֗ם הֵ֤ן יִרְאַ֣ת אֲ֭דֹנָי הִ֣יא חָכְמָ֑ה וְס֖וּר מֵרָ֣ע בִּינָֽה
ESV	And he said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'“
NIV	And he said to man, 'The fear of the Lord-that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.'“
NLT	And this is what he says to all humanity: 'The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding.'“
LXX	εἶπεν δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ greek δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English. ἀνθρώπῳ ἰδοὺ ἡplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article θεοσέβειά ἐστινplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. σοφία τὸplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ greek δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English. ἀπέχεσθαι ἀπὸ κακῶν ἐστινplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. ἐπιστήμη
KJV	And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

^{Job 28:27 ← Job 28:28 → Job 29:1}

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