The Meaning of Job 28:21 Explained

Job 28:21

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

YLT: It hath been hid from the eyes of all living. And from the fowl of the heavens It hath been hidden.

Darby: For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 28:21?

MEANING: What does Job 28:21 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 28:21 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 28:21?

What is the context of Job 28:21?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 28:21 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 28:1-28 - The Pearl Of Great Price

A search for this pearl of great price has occupied men in every age. Job compares it with the search of the miner for the hidden treasures of the earth, Job 28:1-12. This paragraph should be read in the r.v. The shaft into the earth, the miner's exile from the cheerful haunts of human life, his exposure to dangers from foul air, water, and the falling-in of the mine, the binding up of the streams, are vividly portrayed. But the miner perseveres through all till he obtains his golden spoil. Would that we were as persistent in our quest for the knowledge of God! Paul was a great miner; he went down into caverns of pain and sorrow, that he might bring to light the treasures of God's wisdom and love.

Only God knows God, Job 28:23. In the depths of His nature, dark with excess of light but hidden from the falcon's eye of human genius, are both knowledge and understanding. He waits to reveal these things to babes, saying, "Fear God, and you will be wise. Depart from evil, and you will understand," Job 28:28. Christ is the Word and the Wisdom of God, 1 Corinthians 1:24. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 28

¹ There is a knowledge of natural things
¹² But wisdom is an excellent gift of God

What do the individual words in Job 28:21 mean?

and it is hidden from the eyes of all living and from the birds of the air concealed

וְֽ֭נֶעֶלְמָה מֵעֵינֵ֣י כָל־ חָ֑י וּמֵע֖וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם נִסְתָּֽרָה

וְֽ֭נֶעֶלְמָה	and it is hidden
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular Root: עָלַם Sense: to conceal, hide, be hidden, be concealed, be secret.
מֵעֵינֵ֣י	from the eyes
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, cdc Root: עֹונָה Sense: eye.
כָל־	of all
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
חָ֑י	living
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: חַי Sense: living, alive.
וּמֵע֖וֹף	and from the birds
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: עֹוף Sense: flying creatures, fowl, insects, birds.
הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם	of the air
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: שָׁמַיִם Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
נִסְתָּֽרָה	concealed
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: סָתַר Sense: to hide, conceal.

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