Job 28:21
For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.
Darby Translation
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
20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
22Destruction and death say, We have heard its report with our ears.
Cross References
Matthew 11:25At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.
Matthew 13:35so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from [the] world's foundation.
Colossians 2:3in which are hid all the treasures of wisdom and of 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 →