Job
Chapter 28
Verse 20
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Job 28

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20 Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Job 28:20. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 42
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

וְֽ֭הַחָכְמָה מֵאַ֣יִן תָּב֑וֹא וְאֵ֥י זֶ֝֗ה מְק֣וֹם בִּינָֽה׃

7 word entries
וְֽ֭הַחָכְמָה
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle definite article + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H2451
Occurrences
2
מֵאַ֣יִן
Lemma
m/370
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + particle
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H370
Occurrences
11
תָּב֑וֹא
Lemma
935
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H935
Occurrences
1266
וְאֵ֥י
Lemma
c/335
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H335
Occurrences
7
זֶ֝֗ה
Lemma
2088
Morphology
Hebrew: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H2088
Occurrences
315
מְק֣וֹם
Lemma
4725
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4725
Occurrences
117
בִּינָֽה
Lemma
998
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H998
Occurrences
25
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Ἡ δὲ σοφία πόθεν εὑρέθη; ποῖος δὲ τόπος ἐστὶ τῆς συνέσεως;

11 word entries
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
δὲ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
δέ
Transliteration
de
Morphology
postpositive conjunction/particle
Gloss
but, and, now
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Postpositive connective conjunction.
Occurrences
4634
σοφία
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
sophia
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
wisdom
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Wisdom, skill, or insight.
Occurrences
204
πόθεν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
pothen
Morphology
verb, aorist/imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
37
εὑρέθη
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
heurethe
Morphology
verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she was found
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To find or discover.
Occurrences
152
ποῖος
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
poios
Morphology
nominative masculine singular or genitive neuter singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
5
δὲ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
δέ
Transliteration
de
Morphology
postpositive conjunction/particle
Gloss
but, and, now
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Postpositive connective conjunction.
Occurrences
4634
τόπος
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
topos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
place
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Place, location, or position.
Occurrences
519
ἐστὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
esti
Morphology
verb, present active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it is
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
5427
τῆς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
συνέσεως
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
syneseos
Morphology
adverbial -ως form or perfect participle pattern depending on context
Gloss
...ly / having ...
Part of Speech
adverb/participle form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
37
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܚܟܡܬܐ ܐܝܡܟܐ ܐܬܝܐ ܘܐܝܢܐ ܗܘ ܐܬܪܐ ܕܣܘܟܠܗ̇

7 word entries
ܚܟܡܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
hkmt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
113
ܐܝܡܟܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'ymk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
19
ܐܬܝܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'ty'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
14
ܘܐܝܢܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
w'yn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
19
ܗܘ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܗܘ
Transliteration
hu
Morphology
pronoun/copula, masculine singular
Gloss
he, it, is
Occurrences
2003
ܐܬܪܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'tr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
105
ܕܣܘܟܠܗ̇
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dswklh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
2
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

וְחוּכְמְתָא מִן הָאן תֵּיתֵי וְהָאֵל דֵין אֲתַר בְּיוּנְתָּא׃

8 word entries
וְחוּכְמְתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wchwkmt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
71
מִן
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
מן
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
from, out of, than
Occurrences
2836
הָאן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
האן
Transliteration
h'n
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
13
תֵּיתֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tyty
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
48
וְהָאֵל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
האל
Transliteration
wh'l
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
דֵין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דין
Transliteration
dyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
684
אֲתַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אתר
Transliteration
'tr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
216
בְּיוּנְתָּא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bywnt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
21
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Unde ergo sapientia venit? et quis est locus intelligentiæ?

9 word entries
unde
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
unde
Transliteration
unde
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
151
ergo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ergo
Transliteration
ergo
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1237
sapientia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
sapientia
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
345
veniet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uenio
Transliteration
veniet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2233
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
quis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
quis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
locus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
locus
Transliteration
locus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
773
intellegentiae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
intellegentiae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
22

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Job 28:12

“But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?

6 relevance votes

Job 28:28

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”

5 relevance votes

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.

5 relevance votes

James 1:5

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

5 relevance votes

Job 28:23

“God understands its way, and he knows its place.

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 2:6

For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

3 relevance votes
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