Job 28:23
God understands the way of it, and he knows the place of it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
In Context
22Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.
24For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven,
Cross References
Psalms 19:7The law of LORD is perfect, restoring the soul. The testimony of LORD is sure, making a simple man wise.
Proverbs 2:6For LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth [is] knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 8:22LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Matthew 11:27All things were delivered to me by my Father. And no man knows the Son, except the Father, nor does any man know the Father, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son wants to reveal him.
Acts 15:18Known to God from the age are all his works.
1 Corinthians 1:30But ye are his, in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
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 →