Job 28:20
New International Version
Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?

New Living Translation
“But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding?

English Standard Version
“From where, then, does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?

Berean Standard Bible
From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?

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

New King James Version
“From where then does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?

New American Standard Bible
“Where then does wisdom come from? And where is this place of understanding?

NASB 1995
“Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?

NASB 1977
“Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?

Legacy Standard Bible
Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?

Amplified Bible
“From where then does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?

Christian Standard Bible
Where then does wisdom come from, and where is understanding located?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Where then does wisdom come from, and where is understanding located?

American Standard Version
Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
From where comes wisdom, and what is the place of understanding?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Whence then is wisdom found? and of what kind is the place of understanding?

Contemporary English Version
Where then is wisdom?

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Where does wisdom come from? Where does understanding live?

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

International Standard Version
"From where, then, does wisdom originate? Where does understanding live?

JPS Tanakh 1917
Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

Literal Standard Version
And the wisdom—from where does it come? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?

Majority Standard Bible
From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?

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

NET Bible
"But wisdom--where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding?

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

New Heart English Bible
From where then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?

Webster's Bible Translation
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

World English Bible
Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?

Young's Literal Translation
And the wisdom -- whence doth it come? And where is this, the place of understanding?

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
19Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold. 20From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell? 21It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.…

Cross References
Job 28:21
It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.

Job 28:23
But God understands its way, and He knows its place.

Job 28:28
And He said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"


Treasury of Scripture

From where then comes wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

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

Proverbs 2:6
For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

Ecclesiastes 7:23,24
All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me…

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Job 28
1. There is a knowledge of natural things
12. But wisdom is an excellent gift of God














Verse 20. - Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? This is a repetition of ver. 12, with a mere variant of the verb in the first line. Job's elaborate inquiry of vers. 14-19 having thresh no light on the subject, the original question recurs - Where does wisdom come from?

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
From where
מֵאַ֣יִן (mê·’a·yin)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 370: Whence?

then does wisdom
וְֽ֭הַחָכְמָה (wə·ha·ḥā·ḵə·māh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2451: Wisdom

come,
תָּב֑וֹא (tā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

and where
וְאֵ֥י (wə·’ê)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 335: Where?, how?

does understanding
בִּינָֽה׃ (bî·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 998: An understanding

dwell?
מְק֣וֹם (mə·qō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition


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