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


In Context

17 Gold and glass can't equal it, neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

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

21 Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.

22 Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:20"Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?

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 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?