20"Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?


In Context

17 Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can it be had for jewels of gold.

18 Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

19 The topaz of Cush cannot compare with it; it cannot be bought with pure gold.

20 "Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?

21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds of the air.

22 Destruction and Death say, 'Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.'

Job 28:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:20Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:20Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:20And the wisdom — whence doth it come? And where is this, the place of understanding?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:20From where then comes wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?