Job 28:20-28

Amplified Bible

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“From where then does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?
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“It is hidden from the eyes of all the living
And concealed from the birds of the heavens.
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“Abaddon (the place of destruction) and Death say,
‘We have [only] heard a report of it with our ears.’

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“God understands the way [to wisdom]
And He knows its place [for wisdom is with God alone].
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“For He looks to the ends of the earth
And sees everything under the heavens.
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“When He gave weight and pressure to the wind
And allotted the waters by measure,
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When He made a limit for the rain
And a way for the thunderbolt,
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Then He saw wisdom and declared it;
He established it and searched it out.
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“But to man He said, ‘Behold, the reverential and worshipful fear of the Lord—that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”