Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Job 28:20

Wisdom

18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

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

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

21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

Read the whole chapter

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
KJV
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
WEB
Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
ASV
Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
DARBY
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
BLB
And the wisdom, from where does it come? And where [is] this place of understanding?
ÅB
Hvor kommer da visdommen fra? Og hvor har forstanden sin bolig?
OTB
«Så hvorfra kommer visdommen?
Og hvor er stedet for forstand?
B1930
Hvor kommer da visdommen fra? Og hvor har forstanden sin bolig?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references