Job 28:21

It is hid from the eyes of all living men; and also it is hid from the birds of (the) heaven (s), or of the air.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

20Therefore whereof cometh wisdom, and which is the place of understanding? (And so from where cometh wisdom, and where is the place of understanding?)

22Perdition and death said, With our ears we have heard (of) the fame of wisdom.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:25In that time Jesus answered, and said, I acknowledge to thee, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for thou hast hid these things from wise men, and ready, [or wary, or prudent, or sly], (or for thou hast hidden these things from the wise and the prudent), and hast showed them to little children;

Matthew 13:35(so) that it should be fulfilled, that is said by the prophet, saying, I shall open my mouth in parables; I shall tell out hid things [or things hid] from the making of the world (or I shall tell out hidden things from the creation of the world).

Colossians 2:3in whom all the treasures of wisdom and of science, [or of cunning], (or of knowing), be hid. (in whom all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge be 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 →

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