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21 For[a] it has been hidden
from the eyes of every living creature,
and from the birds of the sky it has been concealed.
22 Destruction[b] and Death say,
‘With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.’[c]
23 God understands the way to it,
and he alone knows its place.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:21 tn The vav on the verb is unexpressed in the LXX. It should not be overlooked, for it introduces a subordinate clause of condition (R. Gordis, Job, 310).
  2. Job 28:22 tn Heb “Abaddon.”
  3. Job 28:22 tn Heb “heard a report of it,” which means a report of its location, thus “where it can be found.”