Job 28:21
It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, just as the birds of the heavens escape notice.
Catholic Public Domain 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
20So then, where does wisdom begin, and where is the place of understanding?
22Perdition and death have said, “With our ears, we have heard its fame.”
Cross References
Matthew 11:25At that time, Jesus responded and said: “I acknowledge you, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and have revealed them to little ones.
Matthew 13:35in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet, saying: “I will open my mouth in parables. I will proclaim what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”
Colossians 2:3For in him are hidden all 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 →