Job 28:21-28

21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds in the sky.
22 Destruction[a] and Death say, “Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.”
23 God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells,
24 for he views the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
25 When he established the force of the wind and measured out the waters,
26 when he made a decree for the rain and a path for the thunderstorm,
27 then he looked at wisdom and appraised it; he confirmed it and tested it.
28 And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”

Cross References 13

  • 1. ver 7
  • 2. S Job 20:26; S Revelation 9:11; Job 26:6
  • 3. Proverbs 8:32-36
  • 4. Ecclesiastes 3:11; Ecclesiastes 8:17
  • 5. S Job 9:4; S Job 22:22; Proverbs 8:22-31
  • 6. Job 36:32; Job 37:3; Job 38:18,24,35; Psalms 33:13-14; Psalms 66:7; Isaiah 11:12
  • 7. S Joshua 3:11; S Job 10:4; S Hebrews 4:13; Proverbs 15:3
  • 8. S Job 12:15; Job 38:8-11; Psalms 135:7
  • 9. Job 36:28; Job 37:6; Jeremiah 51:16
  • 10. Job 36:33; Job 37:3,8,11; Job 38:25,27; Psalms 65:12; Psalms 104:14; Psalms 147:8; Isaiah 35:7
  • 11. Proverbs 3:19; Proverbs 8:22-31
  • 12. Psalms 11:5; Psalms 97:10; Proverbs 3:7; Proverbs 8:13
  • 13. S Exodus 20:20; S Deuteronomy 4:6; S Job 37:24; Psalms 111:10; Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 9:10

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