Job 28:20-28

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²⁰ From where then does Wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?

²¹ It is hidden from the eyes of all living, and knowledge of it is withheld from the birds of the heavens.

²² Abaddon (the place of destruction) and Death say, We have [only] heard the report of it with our ears.

²³ God understands the way [to Wisdom] and He knows the place of it [Wisdom is with God alone].

²⁴ For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

²⁵ When He gave to the wind weight or pressure and allotted the waters by measure,

²⁶ When He made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder,

²⁷ Then He saw [Wisdom] and declared it; He established it, yes, and searched it out [for His own use, and He alone possesses it].

²⁸ But to man He said, Behold, the reverential and worshipful fear of the Lord—that is Wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.