Job 28:22

Perdition and death have said, “With our ears, we have heard its fame.”

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In The King James Version

Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

In Context

21It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, just as the birds of the heavens escape notice.

23God understands its way, and he knows its location.

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Cross References

Job 28:14The abyss declares, “It is not in me.” And the sea says, “It is not with me.”

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 →

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