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Where does understanding dwell?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/28.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“From where, then, does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/28.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Where then does wisdom come from? And where is this place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />"Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“From where then does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Where then does wisdom come from, and where is understanding located?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Where then does wisdom come from, and where is understanding located? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Where then is wisdom? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Where, then, is the source of wisdom? Where can we learn to understand? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Where does wisdom come from? Where does understanding live?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"From where, then, does wisdom originate? Where does understanding live? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"But wisdom--where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding? </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Whence then cometh wisdom? and where <i>is</i> the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“From where then does wisdom come? And where <i>is</i> the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/job/28.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />From where then comes wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />From where then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/job/28.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />From where then comes wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/job/28.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />From where then does wisdom come, and where <i>is</i> the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/job/28.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/job/28.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />Whence then commeth wisedome? And where is the place of vnderstanding,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/job/28.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />Whence then commeth wysdome? and where is the place of vnderstanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/job/28.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />From whece then commeth wysdome? & where is the place of vnderstondinge?</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the wisdom—from where does it come? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the wisdom -- whence doth it come? And where is this, the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And from whence shall wisdom come? and where this place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />So then, where does wisdom begin, and where is the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />From where comes wisdom, and what is the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Whence then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Whence then is wisdom found? and of what kind is the place of understanding?</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> <div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="strongs" id="strongs"></a><div class="vheading">Parallel Strong's</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb-strongs/job/28.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/370.htm" title="370: mê·’a·yin (Prep-m:: Adv) -- Whence?. Probably identical with 'ayin in the sense of query.">From where</a> <a href="/hebrew/2451.htm" title="2451: wə·ha·ḥā·ḵə·māh (Conj-w, Art:: N-fs) -- Wisdom. From chakam; wisdom.">then does wisdom</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: tā·ḇō·w (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">come,</a> <a href="/hebrew/335.htm" title="335: wə·’ê (Conj-w:: Interrog) -- Where?. Perhaps from 'aiyn; where? Hence how?.">and where</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: zeh (Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that."></a> <a href="/hebrew/998.htm" title="998: bî·nāh (N-fs) -- An understanding. From biyn; understanding.">does understanding</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: mə·qō·wm (N-msc) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">dwell?</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/job/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/2451.htm" title="2451. chokmah (khok-maw') -- wisdom">And the wisdom</a><a href="/hebrew/4480.htm4480. min (min) -- from">—whence</a><a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935. bow' (bo) -- to come in, come, go in, go"> doth it come</a><a href="/hebrew/335.htm" title="335. 'ay (ah'ee) -- where?">? And where</a><a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088. zeh (zeh) -- this, here"> [is] this, the</a><a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725. maqowm (maw-kome') -- a standing place, place"> place</a><a href="/hebrew/998.htm" title="998. biynah (bee-naw') -- an understanding"> of understanding?</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/job/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/370.htm" title="אַיִן_2 Pd 370">Where</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="וְ Pc"> then</a> <a href="/hebrew/2451.htm" title="חָכְמָה ncfsa 2451"> does wisdom</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="בוא vqi3fsXa 935"> come</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="מִן Pp 4480"> from</a>, <a href="/strongs.htm" title="וְ Pc">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/335.htm" title="אֵי Pg 335"> where</a> <a href="/hebrew/998.htm" title="בִּינָה ncfsa 998"> is understanding</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="מָקֹום ncmsc 4725"> located</a>?</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/job/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/370.htm" title="370. 'aiyn (ah-yin') -- whence?">"Where</a> <a href="/hebrew/2451.htm" title="2451. chokmah (khok-maw') -- wisdom">then does wisdom</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935. bow' (bo) -- to come in, come, go in, go">come</a> <a href="/hebrew/335.htm" title="335. 'ay (ah'ee) -- where?">from? And where</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725. maqowm (maw-kome') -- a standing place, place">is the place</a> <a href="/hebrew/998.htm" title="998. biynah (bee-naw') -- an understanding">of understanding?</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/job/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/370.htm" title="370. 'aiyn (ah-yin') -- whence?">Whence</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935. bow' (bo) -- to come in, come, go in, go">then cometh</a> <a href="/hebrew/2451.htm" title="2451. chokmah (khok-maw') -- wisdom">wisdom?</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725. maqowm (maw-kome') -- a standing place, place">and where [is] the place</a> <a href="/hebrew/998.htm" title="998. biynah (bee-naw') -- an understanding">of understanding?</a> </span></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/28-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 28:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 28:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/28-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 28:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 28:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <br /><br /> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>