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20 Therefore whereof cometh wisdom, and which is the place of understanding? (And so from where cometh wisdom, and where is the place of understanding?)

21 It is hid from the eyes of all living men; and also it is hid from the birds of (the) heaven(s), or of the air.

22 Perdition and death said, With our ears we have heard (of) the fame of wisdom.

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20 Where then does wisdom come from?
    Where does understanding dwell?(A)
21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing,
    concealed even from the birds in the sky.(B)
22 Destruction[a](C) and Death(D) say,
    “Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:22 Hebrew Abaddon