^{20 Ref} Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

^{21 Ref} Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.

^{22 Ref} Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.

^{23 Ref} God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.