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Job 28:20-27
New International Version
Job 28:20-27
New International Version
20 Where then does wisdom come from?
Where does understanding dwell?(A)
21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing,
concealed even from the birds in the sky.(B)
22 Destruction[a](C) and Death(D) say,
“Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.”
23 God understands the way to it
and he alone(E) knows where it dwells,(F)
24 for he views the ends of the earth(G)
and sees everything under the heavens.(H)
25 When he established the force of the wind
and measured out the waters,(I)
26 when he made a decree for the rain(J)
and a path for the thunderstorm,(K)
27 then he looked at wisdom and appraised it;
he confirmed it and tested it.(L)
Footnotes
- Job 28:22 Hebrew Abaddon
Job 28:20-27
King James Version
Job 28:20-27
King James Version
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
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