Job 28:21
It is hid from the eyes of all living. and the fowls of the air know it not.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.
Cross References
Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to the little ones.
Matthew 13:35That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.
Colossians 2:3In whom are hid 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 →