Job 28:21 · KJV
“Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. {air: or, heaven}”
— Job 28:21
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where {is} the place of understanding?
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
Job 28 — Context
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where {is} the place of understanding?
21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. {air: or, heaven}
22Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
23God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
Cross References
Psalms 49:3-4
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart {shall be} of understanding.
1 Corinthians 2:7-10
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, {even} the hidden {wisdom}, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Colossians 2:3
In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. {In whom: or, Wherein}
Matthew 13:35
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Matthew 13:17
For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous {men} have desired to see {those things} which ye see, and have not seen {them}; and to hear {those things} which ye hear, and have not heard {them}.