Job 28:21

Job 28:21

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19 The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
Nor can it be valued in pure ^agold.

20 “From^a where then does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?

21 It is hidden from the eyes of all living,
And concealed from the birds of the¹ air.

22 ^aDestruction¹ and Death say,
‘We have heard a report about it with our ears.’

23 God understands its way,
And He knows its place.

24 For He looks to the ends of the earth,
And ^asees under the whole heavens,

25 ^aTo establish a weight for the wind,
And apportion the waters by measure.

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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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None can tell whence or where, seeing it, etc.

fowls—The gift of divination was assigned by the heathen especially to birds. Their rapid flight heavenwards and keen sight originated the superstition. Job may allude to it. Not even the boasted divination of birds has an insight into it (Ecclesiastes 10:20). But it may merely mean, as in Job 28:7, It escapes the eye of the most keen-sighted bird.

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