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19 The chrysolite of Ethiopia[a] cannot compare with it,
    nor can it be valued in pure gold.

20 ‘Where then does wisdom come from?
    And where is the place of understanding?
21 It is hidden from the eyes of all living,
    and concealed from the birds of the air.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:19 Or Nubia; Heb Cush

19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

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