Job 28:20-28

Holman 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 limited 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 is this: wisdom.
And to turn from evil is understanding.”^(D)