But where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding? (v. 12)

And to mankind He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to turn away from evil is understanding.’ (v. 28)

Job illustrates that no creature has wisdom except God alone. When anyone glimpses wisdom, they begin to fear the Lord.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. (Proverb 9:10)

This wisdom is Jesus Christ. It is also the Holy Spirit.

The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. (Isaiah 11:2)

This wisdom is found in Jesus Christ and also in the Holy Spirit, bringing understanding and knowledge of God’s work through Jesus Christ and the purpose of creation, including its eventual end.

Jesus Christ is perfectly human without blemish, and also the Son of God with wisdom.

For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than mankind, and the weakness of God is stronger than mankind. (1 Corinthians 1:22-25)

Once we receive the Holy Spirit, we cannot lose salvation. For this reason, many false Christians claim to have the Holy Spirit and speak in tongues, or assert they can impart the Holy Spirit to their followers. True recipients of the Holy Spirit know it’s not acquired through human works. Some misuse Bible passages to support evil intentions.

False teachers suggest Adam possessed the Holy Spirit, but Jesus Christ’s temptation tells us otherwise. Adam had knowledge but lacked the fear of the Lord, demonstrating his wisdom differed from that given to Jesus Christ and us.

Job states that we cannot know God because we do not possess wisdom. He does not yet know that God created the world to allow us to have wisdom, know and understand Him through His only begotten Son. Job does not yet fathom the depth of God’s plan.

In Job’s understanding, there is no need for Christ. He sees God as dwelling in holiness, separate from humanity. He cannot imagine that a saint could one day live with God and see Him face to face. Job lived a life that, in his own eyes, did not require Jesus Christ, as he considered himself righteous among other men. However, he will eventually come to understand the true meaning of wisdom and how feeble his own righteousness truly is.

… that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner self, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled to all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:16-19)