Job 28:20
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?In other versions
Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
ASV
From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?
BBE
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
DBY
Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?
WEB
And the wisdom -- whence doth it come? And where `is' this, the place of understanding?
YLT
Whence then comes wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
ENG
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
WBT
From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
BSB
In context
18No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
22Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
