Job 28:21
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It is hid from the eyes of all living, and the fowls of the air know it not.

hid

Psalm 49:3,4 My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding. . . .

Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones.

Matthew 13:17,35 For, amen, I say to you, many prophets and just men have desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen them: and to hear the things that you hear and have not heard them. . . .

1 Corinthians 2:7-10 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, a wisdom which is hidden, which God ordained before the world, unto our glory: . . .

Colossians 2:3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

from the fowls

Job 28:7 The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it.

air.

Context
Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? 21It is hid from the eyes of all living, and the fowls of the air know it not.22Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.…
Cross References
Job 28:20
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

Job 28:22
Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.

Lexicon
It is hidden
וְֽ֭נֶעֶלְמָה (wə·ne·‘el·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5956: To veil from sight, conceal

from the eyes
מֵעֵינֵ֣י (mê·‘ê·nê)
Preposition-m | Noun - cdc
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

of every
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

living thing
חָ֑י (ḥāy)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

and concealed
נִסְתָּֽרָה׃ (nis·tā·rāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5641: To hide, conceal

from the birds
וּמֵע֖וֹף (ū·mê·‘ō·wp̄)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5775: Flying creatures

of the air.
הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8064: Heaven, sky


Additional Translations
It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

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

It has escaped the notice of every man, and has been hidden from the birds of the sky.

For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.

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

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

Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.

It hath been hid from the eyes of all living. And from the fowl of the heavens It hath been hidden.
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