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Job 28:21

American Standard Version

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

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Job 28:21 in other translations

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

Job 28:21 · World English Bible

Job 28:21 in context

  1. 19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
  2. 20Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
  3. 21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.
  4. 22Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.
  5. 23God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.