Job 28:20
Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
In Context
19The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
21Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
Cross References
Job 28:23“God understands its way, and he knows its place.
Proverbs 2:6For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
1 Corinthians 2:6We speak wisdom, however, amongst those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.
James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning 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 →