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Job 28:22
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20 “Froma where then does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding? 
21 It is hidden from the eyes of all living,
And concealed from the birds of the1 air. 
22 aDestruction1 and Death say,
‘We have heard a report about it with our ears.’ 
23 God understands its way,
And He knows its place.
24 For He looks to the ends of the earth,
And asees under the whole heavens, 
25 aTo establish a weight for the wind,
And apportion the waters by measure. 
26 When He amade a law for the rain,
And a path for the thunderbolt, 
27 Then He saw1 wisdom and declared it;
He prepared it, indeed, He searched it out. 
28 And to man He said,
‘Behold, athe fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
And to depart from evil is understanding.’ ” 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Job 28:22

Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof - Abaddon vamaveth , the destroyer, and his offspring death. This is the very name that is given to the devil in Greek letters , Revelation 9:11, and is rendered by the Greek word , Apollyon , a word exactly of the same meaning. No wonder death and the devil are brought in here as saying they had heard the fame of wisdom, seeing Job 28:28 defines it to be the fear of the Lord, and a departure from evil; things point blank contrary to the interests of Satan, and the extension of the empire of death.


 
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