Job 28:20

20 "Where does wisdom come from? Where does understanding live?

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 be exchanged for it. Wisdom is more valuable than gems.

19 Topaz from Ethiopia cannot equal its value. It cannot be bought for [any amount of] pure gold.

20 "Where does wisdom come from? Where does understanding live?

21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living being, hidden even from the birds in the air.

22 Decay and Death say, 'We've heard a rumor about it.'