Job 28:20
From where, then, does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
In Context
19Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
21It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
Cross References
Job 28:23But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
Proverbs 2:6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
1 Corinthians 2:6Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
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 →