“Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?”
From where then does wisdom come, and where is the place of understanding, returning to the question posed earlier with intensified urgency, as the catalog of human knowledge and material wealth has failed to locate wisdom. The repetition of the locating question emphasizes that wisdom remains undiscovered despite exhaustive search through all human realms and cosmic territories. The coordination of wisdom and understanding suggests that these remain inseparably linked, that understanding wisdom requires comprehending its location or nature. The verse suggests that wisdom's location is categorically different from the domains previously searched.
Church Fathers on Job 28:20
-15. But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Man knoweth not the price thereof: neither is it found in the land of them that live pleasantly. The depth saith, It is not with me, and the sea saith, It is not with me. Fine gold shall not be given for it: neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof: It is first to be noted, that two points be proposed to himself, and two he adds making answer. For to this that he said above, Where…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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