Job 28:20
Whence then commeth wisedome? and where is the place of vnderstanding,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
In Context
21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all the liuing, and is hid from the foules of the heauen?
Cross References
Job 28:23But God vnderstandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
Proverbs 2:6For the Lord giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.
1 Corinthians 2:6And we speake wisedome among them that are perfect: not the wisedome of this world, neither of the princes of this world, which come to nought.
James 1:17Euery good giuing, and euery perfect gift is from aboue, and commeth downe from the Father of lights, with whome is no variablenes, neither shadow of 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 →