20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

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20 “From(A) where then does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?
21 It is hidden from the eyes of all living,
And concealed from the birds of the [a]air.
22 (B)Destruction[b] and Death say,
‘We have heard a report about it with our ears.’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:21 heaven
  2. Job 28:22 Heb. Abaddon

20 Mais alors, la sagesse, ╵d’où provient-elle ?
Et où l’intelligence ╵a-t-elle sa demeure ?
21 Elle se cache aux yeux ╵de tout être vivant,
elle se dissimule ╵à l’œil vif des oiseaux.
22 L’abîme et la mort disent :
« Nous avons seulement ╵entendu parler d’elle. »

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