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


In Context

18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

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 a rumour thereof with our ears.

23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:21For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.

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.