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27 Then he saw wisdom and appraised her,
    established her, and searched her out.
28 [a]And to mortals he said:
    See: the fear of the Lord is wisdom;
    and avoiding evil is understanding.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 28:28 This verse may be a later addition expressing a commonplace of the wisdom tradition; see cross-references. The addition seems to tie the poem in with the description of Job as fearing God and avoiding evil (1:1, 8; 2:3).

27 then he looked at wisdom and appraised it;
    he confirmed it and tested it.(A)
28 And he said to the human race,
    “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom,
    and to shun evil(B) is understanding.”(C)

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