Catholic Public Domain Version
"It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, just as the birds of the heavens escape notice. "
— Job 28:21, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.”
“Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens. ”
“Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.”
“For it has been hidden from the eyes of every living creature, and from the birds of the sky it has been concealed.”
“It is hid from the eyes of all living, and the fowls of the air know it not.”
“For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air.”
“Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.”
The exalted and the eminent will not be remembered in comparison with it. Yet wisdom is drawn out of concealment.
The topaz of Ethiopia will not be equal to it, nor will it be compared to the purest dyes.
So then, where does wisdom begin, and where is the place of understanding?
It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, just as the birds of the heavens escape notice.
Perdition and death have said, “With our ears, we have heard its fame.”
God understands its way, and he knows its location.
For he beholds the limits of the world, and he looks upon all things that are under heaven.