Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
God fully knows wisdom, for He sees it, declares it, prepares and establishes it, and searches it out. This knowing belongs to His ordering of creation, when He made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder. In that same setting wisdom cannot be discovered by human searching and effort, nor can it be bought with wealth.
It is not found by probing the depths of the earth, nor by trying to penetrate the mysteries of God's being. Instead wisdom is identified with fearing the Lord, and understanding with departing from evil and turning from it. True wisdom therefore comes by humbly receiving what God has revealed and by living according to His will.
God fully knows wisdom, for He sees it, declares it, prepares and establishes it, and searches it out. This knowing belongs to His ordering of creation, when He made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder. In that same setting wisdom cannot be discovered by human searching and effort, nor can it be bought with wealth.
It is not found by probing the depths of the earth, nor by trying to penetrate the mysteries of God's being. Instead wisdom is identified with fearing the Lord, and understanding with departing from evil and turning from it. True wisdom therefore comes by humbly receiving what God has revealed and by living according to His will.