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 limited 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.

Footnotes:

a. Job 28:26: Or decree

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