^{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.

^{24 Ref} For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven;

^{25 Ref} To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.

^{26 Ref} When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;

^{27 Ref} Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.

^{28 Ref} And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.