Job 28:20

20 Indeed, from where does wisdom come? And {where in the world} [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 Black corals and crystal will not be mentioned, and wisdom's price [is] more than red corals.

19 The topaz of Cush cannot be compared with it; it cannot be bought for pure gold.

20 Indeed, from where does wisdom come? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?

21 It is hidden from [the] eyes of all living, and it is concealed from [the] birds of the heaven.

22 Abaddon and Death say, 'We heard its rumor with our ears.'

Footnotes

• [a] Hebrew "And"
• [b] Literally "where this"