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Job 28:20

World English Bible

Where then does wisdom come from?
Where is the place of understanding?

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Job 28:20 in other translations

Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

Job 28:20 · American Standard Version

Job 28:20 in context

  1. 18No mention will be made of coral or of crystal.
    Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
  2. 19The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it,
    nor will it be valued with pure gold.
  3. 20Where then does wisdom come from?
    Where is the place of understanding?
  4. 21Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living,
    and kept close from the birds of the sky.
  5. 22Destruction and Death say,
    ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’