21For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.


In Context

18 Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.

19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold.

20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

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

22 Destruction and death say, We have heard its report with our ears.

23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth its place:

Job 28:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:21It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds of the air.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:21Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:21It hath been hid from the eyes of all living. And from the fowl of the heavens It hath been hidden.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.