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)

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  1. 28:26 Or decree

20 But wisdom, where does she come from?
    Where is the place of understanding?
21 She’s hidden from the eyes of all the living,
    concealed from birds of the sky.
22 Destruction[a] and Death have said,
    “We’ve heard a report of her.”
23 God understands her way;
        he knows her place;
24     for he looks to the ends of the earth
        and surveys everything beneath the heavens.
25 In order to weigh the wind,
        to prepare a measure for waters,
26     when he made a decree for the rain,
        a path for thunderbolts,
27     then he observed it, spoke of it,
            established it, searched it out,
28     and said to humankind: “Look,
        the fear of the Lord is wisdom;
            turning from evil is understanding.”

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  1. Job 28:22 Heb Abaddon