Job 28:20
Modern Translations
New International Version
Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?

New Living Translation
“But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding?

English Standard Version
“From where, then, does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?

Berean Study Bible
From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?

New American Standard Bible
“Where then does wisdom come from? And where is this place of understanding?

NASB 1995
"Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?

NASB 1977
“Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?

Amplified Bible
“From where then does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?

Christian Standard Bible
Where then does wisdom come from, and where is understanding located?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Where then does wisdom come from, and where is understanding located?

Contemporary English Version
Where then is wisdom?

Good News Translation
Where, then, is the source of wisdom? Where can we learn to understand?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Where does wisdom come from? Where does understanding live?

International Standard Version
"From where, then, does wisdom originate? Where does understanding live?

NET Bible
"But wisdom--where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding?
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

New King James Version
“From where then does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?

King James 2000 Bible
From where then comes wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

New Heart English Bible
From where then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?

World English Bible
Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?

American King James Version
From where then comes wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

American Standard Version
Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

A Faithful Version
From where then does wisdom come, and where is the place of understanding?

Darby Bible Translation
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

English Revised Version
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

Webster's Bible Translation
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Whence then commeth wisedome? And where is the place of vnderstanding,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Whence then commeth wysdome? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
From whece then commeth wysdome? & where is the place of vnderstondinge?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the wisdom—from where does it come? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?

Young's Literal Translation
And the wisdom -- whence doth it come? And where is this, the place of understanding?

Smith's Literal Translation
And from whence shall wisdom come? and where this place of understanding?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

Catholic Public Domain Version
So then, where does wisdom begin, and where is the place of understanding?

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
From where comes wisdom, and what is the place of understanding?

Lamsa Bible
Whence then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Whence then is wisdom found? and of what kind is the place of understanding?
















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