Job 28:20

20 Where then does wisdom come from? And 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 coral, or of pearls; for wisdom is better than precious stones.

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

20 Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?

21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living and kept concealed from every fowl of the heaven.

22 Hell and death say, We have heard its fame with our ears.