Job 28:20 · KJV
“Whence then cometh wisdom? and where {is} the place of understanding?”
— Job 28:20
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. {air: or, heaven}
Job 28 — Context
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom {is} above rubies. {coral: or, Ramoth}
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. {air: or, heaven}
22Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
Cross References
Job 28:12
But where shall wisdom be found? and where {is} the place of understanding?
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Job 28:28
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that {is} wisdom; and to depart from evil {is} understanding.
James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all {men} liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Job 28:23
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
1 Corinthians 2:6-15
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
Ecclesiastes 7:23-24
All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it {was} far from me.
Proverbs 2:6
For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth {cometh} knowledge and understanding.