Job 28:23
God knoweth the way to it; He knoweth its dwelling-place.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
In Context
22Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.
24For he seeth to the ends of the earth, And surveyeth all things under the whole heaven.
Cross References
Psalms 19:7The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; The precepts of the LORD are sure, making wise the simple;
Proverbs 2:6For the LORD giveth wisdom; From his mouth proceed knowledge and understanding:
Proverbs 8:22“The LORD created me, the firstling of his course, Before his works, of old;
Matthew 11:27All things were delivered to me by my Father; and no one knoweth the Son but the Father; nor doth any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom it is the will of the Son to reveal him.
Acts 15:18which were known from the beginning.”
1 Corinthians 1:30But from him it is that ye are in Christ Jesus, who from God was made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption;
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 →