²⁰ Indeed,^[a] from where does wisdom come?
And where in the world^[b] is the place of understanding?
²¹ It is hidden from the eyes of all living,
and it is concealed from the birds of the heaven.
²² Abaddon and Death say,
‘We heard its rumor with our ears.’
²³ “God understands its way,
and he knows its place,
²⁴ for he himself^[c] looks to the end of the earth;
he sees under all the heaven.
²⁵ When he gave^[d] weight to the wind
and he apportioned the waters by measure,
²⁶ when he made^[e] a rule for the rain
and a way for the thunder’s lightning bolt,
²⁷ then he saw it and talked about it;
he established it, and moreover, he explored it.
²⁸ And to the human beings he said,
‘Look, the fear of the Lord is wisdom,
and to depart from evil is understanding.’”