Job 28:21
Seeing it hath been hid from the eyes of every living thing, and, from the bird of the heavens, hath it been concealed?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
20Whence then cometh, wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
22Destruction and death, have said, With our ears, have we heard the report thereof!
Cross References
Matthew 11:25In that season, answered Jesus, and said—I openly give praise unto thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,—in that thou hast hid these things from the wise and discerning, and hast revealed them unto babes;
Matthew 13:35that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken through the prophet, saying—I will open, in parables, my mouth, I will bring up things hidden from the foundation!
Colossians 2:3In whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden away.
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 →