Job 28:20

20 Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?

Job 28:20 Meaning and Commentary

Job 28:20

Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of
understanding?
] The same questions as in ( Job 28:12 ) ; repeated to set forth the superior excellency of wisdom, and to carry on the discourse, and lead on to other things concerning it. (See Gill on Job 28:12).

Job 28:20 In-Context

18 No mention shall be made of ra`mah or of gabeesh: Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

19 The pitdah of Kush shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

20 Whence then comes wisdom? 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.'