“Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?”
Job 28:20 (KJV) |
Job 28:20
From Job 28, in the Book of Job (Old Testament).
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No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
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The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
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Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
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Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
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Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.