Job 28:20
From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
In Context
19The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold.
21For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air.
Cross References
Job 28:23God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;
Proverbs 2:6For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
1 Corinthians 2:6But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:
James 1:17Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.
Matthew Henry on Job 28:13-20
The Excellency of Wisdom. ( b. c. 1520.) 14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. 18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia… Read the whole commentary →