Job 28:20

Whence then cometh, wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare with it, Against purest gold, can it not be weighed.

21Seeing it hath been hid from the eyes of every living thing, and, from the bird of the heavens, hath it been concealed?

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Cross References

Job 28:23GOD, understandeth the way thereof, and, he, discerneth the place thereof;

Proverbs 2:6For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding;

1 Corinthians 2:6Wisdom, however, we do speak, among the full-grown,—wisdom, indeed, not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are to come to nought;

James 1:17Every good giving, and every perfect gift, is, from above, coming down from the Father of lights—with whom is no alternation, nor shadow cast, by 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 →

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