Job 28:20-28

Christian Standard Bible

²⁰ Where then does wisdom come from,
and where is understanding located?
²¹ It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing
and concealed from the birds of the sky.
²² Abaddon and Death^(A) say,
“We have heard news of it with our ears.”
²³ But God understands the way to wisdom,
and he knows its location.
²⁴ For he looks to the ends of the earth
and sees everything under the heavens.
²⁵ When God fixed the weight of the wind
and distributed the water by measure,^(B)
26 when he established a limit^[a] for the rain^(C)
and a path for the lightning,
²⁷ he considered wisdom and evaluated it;
he established it and examined it.
²⁸ He said to mankind,
“The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom.
And to turn from evil is understanding.”^(D)