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21     they have not perceived her paths or reached her;
    their children remain far from the way to her.
22 She has not been heard of in Canaan,[a]
    nor seen in Teman.(A)
23 The descendants of Hagar who seek knowledge on earth,
    the merchants of Medan and Tema,(B)
    the storytellers and those seeking knowledge—
These have not known the way to wisdom,
    nor have they kept her paths in mind.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:22–23 Despite the renown for wisdom of the peoples of Canaan and Phoenicia (Ez 28:3–4), of Teman (Jer 49:7), of the descendants of Hagar or the Arabians of Medan and Tema, they did not possess true wisdom, which is found only in the law of God (Bar 4:1).