Job 28:20

So then, where does wisdom begin, and where is the place of understanding?

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

19The topaz of Ethiopia will not be equal to it, nor will it be compared to the purest dyes.

21It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, just as the birds of the heavens escape notice.

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Cross References

Job 28:23God understands its way, and he knows its location.

Proverbs 2:6For the Lord bestows wisdom, and out of his mouth, prudence and knowledge.

1 Corinthians 2:6Now, we do speak wisdom among the perfect, yet truly, this is not the wisdom of this age, nor that of the leaders of this age, which shall be reduced to nothing.

James 1:17Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration.

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 →

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