Job 28:21
It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
Berean Standard Bible
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
20From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
22Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
Cross References
Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
Matthew 13:35So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
Colossians 2:3in whom are hidden 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 →