Job 28:7
5 Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
6 Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
8 Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
9 The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
- KJV
- There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
- WEB
- That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
- ASV
- That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon`s eye seen it:
- DARBY
- It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;
- BLB
- The path no bird of prey knows, and no eye of a falcon has seen it.
- ÅB
- Ingen rovfugl kjenner stien dit ned, og intet falkeøye har sett den;
- OTB
- Stien er ukjent for rovfugler,
Og falkens øye har ikke sett den. - B1930
- Ingen rovfugl kjenner stien dit ned, og intet falkeøie har sett den;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 11:6
and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
Read in contextJob 28:21–23
It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
Read in contextRomans 11:33
O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
Read in contextJob 38:24
In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
Read in contextJob 38:19
Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
Read in context