Job 28:23
“God understands its way, and he knows its place.
World English Bible Classic
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 looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
Cross References
Psalms 19:7The LORD’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. The LORD’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.
Proverbs 2:6For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 8:22“The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.
Matthew 11:27All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
Acts 15:18“All of God’s works are known to him from eternity.
1 Corinthians 1:30Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, 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 →