Job 28:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 28:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 28:21 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. air: or, heaven" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 28:21 — KJV
“Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. air: or, heaven”
— Job 28:21 (KJV)
Job 28:21 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 28:21
“And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;”
Shares key themes with Job 28:21: hid, eyes, kept
“So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. steep...: or, towers, or, stairs”
Shares key themes with Job 28:21: fowls, air, heaven
“The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.”
Shares key themes with Job 28:21: fowls, air, heaven
“Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:”
Shares key themes with Job 28:21: fowls, air, heaven
“Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?”
Shares key themes with Job 28:21: fowls, air, heaven
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