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Job 28:21

Job 28:21
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Destruction and death say,.... Meaning the dead that are in the pit of destruction, the grave; not their dead bodies…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

It is hid from the eyes of all living - That is, of all people, and of all animals. Man has not found it by the most…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 28:20-28

The question which Job had asked (Job 28:12) he asks again here; for it is too worthy, too weighty, to be let fall,…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

seeing it is hid Rather simply, it is hidden. Job 28:28 as summing up Job 28:15-19 meant, thus Wisdom is nowhere to be…