Job 28:20
Good News Translation
Where, then, is the source of wisdom? Where can we learn to understand?

New Revised Standard Version
“Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?

Contemporary English Version
Where then is wisdom?

New American Bible
As for wisdom, where does she come from? Where is the place of understanding?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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Job 28:12 But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?

Proverbs 2:6 He wilt keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk in simplicity,

Ecclesiastes 7:23,24 I have tried all things in wisdom. I have said: I will be wise: and it departed farther from me, . . .

1 Corinthians 2:6-15 Howbeit we speak wisdom among the perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, neither of the princes of this world that come to nought. . . .

James 1:5,17 But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all men abundantly and upbraideth not. And it shall be given him. . . .

Context
Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing. 20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?21It is hid from the eyes of all living, and the fowls of the air know it not.…
Cross References
Job 28:21
It is hid from the eyes of all living, and the fowls of the air know it not.

Job 28:23
God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.

Job 28:28
And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.

Job 28:19
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