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Job 28:21
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 other translations
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
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In context
18 No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
20 Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
21 Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
22 Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
23 “God understands its way, and he knows its place.
24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
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