Job 28:21

Job chapter 28 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.

King James Version · 1611

Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

American Standard Version · 1901

Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.

v.20Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

v.21This passage

v.22Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Matthew 13:35
that 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.
Matthew 13:17
For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.
Colossians 2:3
in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
Psalms 49:3
My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Matthew 11:25
At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes:
1 Corinthians 2:7
but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory: