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Job 28:21
| ← Job 28:20 | Job 28:21 (KJV) | Job 28:22 → |
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Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding?
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Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
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Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
Seeing it is hidH5956 from the eyesH5869 of all livingH2416, and kept closeH5641 from the fowlsH5775 of the airH8064.
Original Hebrew
וְנֶעֶלְמָה מֵעֵינֵי כָל־חָי וּמֵעֹוף הַשָּׁמַיִם נִסְתָּרָה׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
וְֽ֭/נֶעֶלְמָה |
Ve./ne.'el.mah | H5956 | HC/VNp3fs | and/ it has been concealed |
מֵ/עֵינֵ֣י |
me./'ei.Nei | H5869 | HR/Ncbdc | from/ (the) eyes of |
כָל |
khol- | H3605 | HNcmsc | every |
חָ֑י |
Chai | H2416 | HAamsa | living (thing) |
וּ/מֵ/ע֖וֹף |
u./me./'of | H5775 | HC/R/Ncmsc | and/ from/ (the) bird(s) of |
הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם |
ha./sha.Ma.yim | H8064 | HTd/Ncmpa | the/ heavens |
נִסְתָּֽרָה |
nis.Ta.rah | H5641 | HVNp3fs | it has been hidden |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
- H5641 — סָתַר (çâthar, saw-thar'): a primitive root; to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively; be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, [idiom] surely.
- H5775 — עוֹף (ʻôwph, ofe): from עוּף; a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively; bird, that flieth, flying, fowl.
- H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
- H5956 — עָלַם (ʻâlam, aw-lam'): a primitive root; to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively); [idiom] any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing).
- H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- from the fowls — Job 28:7
- hid — Psalms 49:3-4, Matthew 11:25, Matthew 13:17, Matthew 13:35, 1 Corinthians 2:7-10, Colossians 2:3
Reciprocal references (2): Job 28:13, Job 37:19
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: WISDOM-FOLLY
- Nave’s: IGNORANCE, READINGS, SELECT, WISDOM
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