Job 28:21
Since it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept closed from the birds of the heavens.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
In Context
20Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?
22Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.
Cross References
Matthew 11:25Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike.
Matthew 13:35so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter things concealed from the foundation of the world.
Colossians 2:3In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Matthew Henry on Job 28:21-28
The Wisdom Hidden from Man; The Wisdom Revealed to Man. ( b. c. 1520.) 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. 22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. 23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. 24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; 25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the… Read the whole commentary →