Job 28:20
So where does wisdom come from? Where is the place to gain understanding?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
In Context
19Topaz from Ethiopia can't compare with it; it cannot be bought with the purest gold.
21Wisdom is hidden from the sight of all living things, even the birds of the air cannot see it.
Cross References
Job 28:23Only God understands the path to wisdom; he knows where it is found.
Proverbs 2:6The Lord is the source of wisdom; what he says provides knowledge that makes sense.
1 Corinthians 2:6However, we do use words of wisdom when we speak to those who are spiritually mature, but this isn't wisdom that comes from this world, or from the rulers of this world who soon fade from the scene.
James 1:17All that's good, every perfect gift, is from above, and comes down from the Father who made heaven's lights. Unlike them he doesn't change—he doesn't vary or cause shadows.
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 →