Old Testament · VERSE 20

Job 28:20

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

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Job 28:20 in context

Job 28:18

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

Job 28:19

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

Job 28:20SELECTED VERSE

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

Job 28:21

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

Job 28:22

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

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