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Job 28:21

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

KJV

Abscondita est ab oculis omnium viventium : volucres quoque cæli latet.

Vulgate

λέληθεν πάντα ἄνθρωπον, καὶ ἀπὸ πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐκρύβη.

LXX

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

ASV

וְֽ֭/נֶעֶלְמָה מֵ/עֵינֵ֣י כָל חָ֑י וּ/מֵ/ע֖וֹף הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם נִסְתָּֽרָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חַי
chy
verb · 502×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נִי
ny
verb · 82×
נֶעְלַ֣ם
n'lm
verb · 28×
ע֣וֹף
'vp
noun · 71×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 2:7 — But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
  • Col 2:3 — In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  • Col 2:3 — In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  • Job 28:7 — There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
  • Matt 11:25 — At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
  • Matt 13:35 — That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
  • Ps 49:3 — My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.