Job 28:20-28

New Century Version

²⁰ “So where does wisdom come from,
    and where does understanding live?
²¹ It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing,
    even from the birds of the air.
²² The places of destruction and death say,
    ‘We have heard reports about it.’
²³ Only God understands the way to wisdom,
    and he alone knows where it lives,
²⁴ because he looks to the farthest parts of the earth
    and sees everything under the sky.
²⁵ When God gave power to the wind
    and measured the water,
²⁶ when he made rules for the rain
    and set a path for a thunderstorm to follow,
²⁷ then he looked at wisdom and decided its worth;
    he set wisdom up and tested it.
²⁸ Then he said to humans,
    ‘The fear of the Lord is wisdom;
    to stay away from evil is understanding.’”