Job 28:21
Wisdom is hidden from the sight of all living things, even the birds of the air cannot see it.
Free Bible 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 where does wisdom come from? Where is the place to gain understanding?
22Abaddon and Death say, ‘We've only heard a rumor of it.’
Cross References
Matthew 11:25Then Jesus prayed, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for you've hidden these things from the clever and sophisticated. Instead you've revealed them to ordinary people.
Matthew 13:35This fulfilled the prophet's words: “I will speak using stories, and I will explain things hidden from the creation of the world.”
Colossians 2:3In him you can discover all the rich wisdom and knowledge of God.
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 →