“Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?
Job 28:21 - New Revised Standard Version It is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the birds of the air. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the fowls of the air. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is hidden from the eyes of all living, and knowledge of it is withheld from the birds of the heavens. American Standard Version (1901) Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens. Common English Bible She’s hidden from the eyes of all the living, concealed from birds of the sky. Catholic Public Domain Version It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, just as the birds of the heavens escape notice. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is hid from the eyes of all living: and the fowls of the air know it not. |
“Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?
At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;
Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.
This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth to speak in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”