Job 28:23
Only God understands the path to wisdom; he knows where it is found.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
In Context
22Abaddon and Death say, ‘We've only heard a rumor of it.’
24For he looks to the very end of the earth; he sees everything under heaven.
Cross References
Psalms 19:7The Lord's law is beneficial, renewing spiritual life. The Lord's teaching is trustworthy, making inexperienced people wise.
Proverbs 2:6The Lord is the source of wisdom; what he says provides knowledge that makes sense.
Proverbs 8:22The Lord created me first of all; I was made before anything else.
Matthew 11:27Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father, and no one really understands the Son, except the Father, and no one really understands the Father, except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
Acts 15:18This is what the Lord says, who revealed these things long ago.’
1 Corinthians 1:30It's because of him that you live in Christ Jesus, who God made to be wisdom for us. He sets us right, keeps us right, and frees us.
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 →