Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Whence then cometh, wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
New American Standard Bible
And where is the place of understanding?
King James Version
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Holman Bible
and where is understanding located?
International Standard Version
"From where, then, does wisdom originate? Where does understanding live?
A Conservative Version
Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?
American Standard Version
Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
Amplified
“From where then does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?
Bible in Basic English
From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?
Darby Translation
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Julia Smith Translation
And from whence shall wisdom come? and where this place of understanding?
King James 2000
From where then comes wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Indeed, from where does wisdom come? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?
Modern King James verseion
From where then does wisdom come, and where is the place of understanding?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"From where then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
NET Bible
"But wisdom -- where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding?
New Heart English Bible
Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?
Webster
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
World English Bible
Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
Youngs Literal Translation
And the wisdom -- whence doth it come? And where is this, the place of understanding?
Themes
divine Call » For worship of God » Wisdom's
Christ » Vine name applied to » Wisdom of
God » Wisdom of » Select readings
Hiding » What is hidden from mankind
Wisdom » True wisdom, general references to » The search for
Topics
Interlinear
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 28:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Discourse On Wisdom
19 The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare with it, Against purest gold, can it not be weighed. 20 Whence then cometh, wisdom? And where is the place of understanding? 21 Seeing it hath been hid from the eyes of every living thing, and, from the bird of the heavens, hath it been concealed?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 28:12
Yet where can, Wisdom, be found? And where is the place of understanding?
Job 28:23
GOD, understandeth the way thereof, and, he, discerneth the place thereof;
Job 28:28
And said to the son of earth, Lo! the reverence of the Lord, that, is wisdom, and, to avoid evil, is understanding.
Proverbs 2:6
For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding;
Ecclesiastes 7:23-24
All this, have I proved by wisdom, - I said, I will be wise, but, that, was far from me.
1 Corinthians 2:6-15
Wisdom, however, we do speak, among the full-grown, - wisdom, indeed, not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are to come to nought;
James 1:5
But, if any of you is sinning short of wisdom, let him be asking of God, Who giveth unto all freely and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him;
James 1:17
Every good giving, and every perfect gift, is, from above, coming down from the Father of lights - with whom is no alternation, nor shadow cast, by turning: