28:12 “But wisdom – where can it be found?
Where is the place of understanding?
28:20 “But wisdom – where does it come from? 1
Where is the place of understanding?
34:16 “If you have 2 understanding, listen to this,
hear what I have to say. 3
38:4 “Where were you
when I laid the foundation 4 of the earth?
Tell me, 5 if you possess understanding!
1 tn The refrain is repeated, except now the verb is תָּבוֹא (tavo’, “come”).
1 tn The phrase “you have” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.
2 tn Heb “the sound of my words.”
1 tn The construction is the infinitive construct in a temporal clause, using the preposition and the subjective genitive suffix.
2 tn The verb is the imperative; it has no object “me” in the text.