Job 28:21
Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of kol chai, 1 and concealed from the oph HaShomayim. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 cometh chochmah? 1 And where is the makom binah? 1
22Abaddon and Mavet say, 1 We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears. 1
Cross References
Matthew 11:25At that time, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, Modeh Ani, Avi, Adon HaShomayim v'HaAretz, (I thank you, Father, L-rd of Heaven and Earth), because you hid these things from the chachamim (wise) and those with seichel, and to them they are nistar (hidden, esoteric), and you made a hisgalus (revelation) of them unto ollelim (infants).
Matthew 13:35So that might be fulfilled what was spoken through the Navi, saying, EFTCHA VMASHAL PI AVIAH CHIDOT (I will open my mouth with parables, I will utter things having been hidden) from the foundation of the world ( Ps 78:2).
Colossians 2:3In whom is nistar (hidden) all the otzarot (treasures) of chochmah and da'as. + 2:3 Isa 11:2; Jer 23:5
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 →