Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 28:21 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 21. 21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
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Role in This Section
The wisdom poem supplies a reason through “Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the…” in support of God Knows Wisdom's Way and Gives Mortals a Practice.
Read It With
- Job 28:20–28:28
Job 28:21 should be heard after the prior line and before the unit's outcome. The wisdom poem supplies a reason through “Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the…” in support of God Knows Wisdom's Way and Gives Mortals a Practice. The conclusion offers a faithful human path without revealing the hidden calculus of Job's suffering; it must not be used to restore the friends' blame formula.
Why It Needs Context
Job 28:20–28:28 gives Job 28:21 its literary owner and outcome. The wisdom poem supplies a reason through “Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the…” in support of God Knows Wisdom's Way and Gives Mortals a Practice. Application waits until that full movement is understood.
Continue in Context
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Read Job 28:20–28:28 — God Knows Wisdom's Way and Gives Mortals a PracticeSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 28:20–28:28, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 28:20–28:28
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