Job 28:20-28
English Standard Version
20 “From where, then, does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?
21 It is hidden from the eyes of (A)all living
and concealed from the birds of the air.
22 (B)Abaddon and Death say,
‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
23 (C)“God understands the way to it,
and he knows its place.
24 For he (D)looks to the ends of the earth
and sees everything under the heavens.
25 When he (E)gave to the wind its weight
and apportioned the waters by measure,
26 when he made a decree for the rain
and (F)a way for the lightning of the thunder,
27 then he saw it and declared it;
he established it, and searched it out.
28 And he said to man,
‘Behold, (G)the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
and to (H)turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Job 28:20-28
Common English Bible
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.”
Footnotes
- Job 28:22 Heb Abaddon
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