Job 28:21
Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
World English Bible British
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
20Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
22Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumour of it with our ears.’
Cross References
Matthew 11:25At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.
Matthew 13:35that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”
Colossians 2:3in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.
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 →