Job 28:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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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  • Ps 49:3-4 : 3 My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart `are' things of understanding. 4 I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus answering said, `I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes.
  • Matt 13:17 : 17 for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.
  • Matt 13:35 : 35 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, `I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'
  • 1 Cor 2:7-9 : 7 but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory, 8 which no one of the rulers of this age did know, for if they had known, the Lord of the glory they would not have crucified; 9 but, according as it hath been written, `What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him --' 10 but to us did God reveal `them' through His Spirit, for the Spirit all things doth search, even the depths of God,
  • Col 2:3 : 3 in whom are all the treasures of the wisdom and the knowledge hid,

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  • Job 28:7-8
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    7A path -- not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,

    8Nor trodden it have the sons of pride, Not passed over it hath the fierce lion.

  • 20And the wisdom -- whence doth it come? And where `is' this, the place of understanding?

  • Job 28:11-14
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    11From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out `to' light.

    12And the wisdom -- whence is it found? And where `is' this, the place of understanding?

    13Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

    14The deep hath said, `It `is' not in me,' And the sea hath said, `It is not with me.'

  • Job 28:22-23
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    22Destruction and death have said: `With our ears we have heard its fame.'

    23God hath understood its way, And He hath known its place.

  • 11Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

  • 24Far off `is' that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?

  • 21For His eyes `are' on the ways of each, And all his steps He doth see.

  • 14Thick clouds `are' a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,

  • 8Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?

  • 14And my hand as to a nest Getteth to the wealth of the peoples, And as a gathering of forsaken eggs All the earth I -- I have gathered, And there hath not been one moving wing, Or opening mouth, or whispering.'

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night),

    17then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.

  • 7And yet, ask, I pray thee, `One of' the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee.

  • 25I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled.

  • 17Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.

  • 21Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.

  • 21And now, they have not seen the light, Bright it `is' in the clouds, And the wind hath passed by and cleanseth them.

  • 25All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.

  • 18Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:

  • 15Wo `to' those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, `Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'

  • 23To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?

  • 26By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?

  • 11Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.

  • 21Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!

  • 23Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it `is' for its life.

  • 26and thy carcase hath been for food to every fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and there is none causing trembling.

  • 1Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.

  • 5For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

  • 3`Who `is' this, hiding counsel without knowledge?' Therefore, I have declared, and understand not, Too wonderful for me, and I know not.

  • 13O that in Sheol Thou wouldst conceal me, Hide me till the turning of Thine anger, Set for me a limit, and remember me.

  • 5Doth a bird fall into a snare of the earth, And there is no gin for it? Doth a snare go up from the ground, And prey it captureth not?

  • 19Where `is' this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where `is' this -- its place?

  • Job 28:27-28
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    27Then He hath seen and declareth it, He hath prepared it, and also searched it out,

    28And He saith to man: -- `Lo, fear of the Lord, that `is' wisdom, And to turn from evil `is' understanding.'

  • 10The wild beast, and all cattle, Creeping thing, and winged bird,

  • 8As a bird wandering from her nest, So `is' a man wandering from his place.

  • 18Which the wise declare -- And have not hid -- from their fathers.

  • 23He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes `are' on their ways.

  • 4Till when doth the earth mourn, And the herb of the whole field wither? For the wickedness of those dwelling in it, Consumed have been beast and fowl, Because they said, `He doth not see our latter end.'

  • 12For even man knoweth not his time; as fish that are taken hold of by an evil net, and as birds that are taken hold of by a snare, like these `are' the sons of man snared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.

  • 22To God doth `one' teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?

  • 8And enter doth the beast into covert, And in its habitations it doth continue.

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    8Bird of the heavens, and fish of the sea, Passing through the paths of the seas!

  • 13On his ruin dwell do all fowls of the heavens, And on his boughs have been all the beasts of the field,

  • 9The eye hath not seen him, and addeth not. And not again doth his place behold him.