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Job 28:7

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28:7a hidden path14 no bird of prey knows—

no falcon’s15 eye has spotted it.

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Footnotes

  1. 14 The “path” could refer to the mine shaft or it could refer to wisdom. The former seems more likely in the present context; the word “hidden is supplied in the translation to indicate the mines are “hidden” from sharp-eyed birds of prey above.
  2. 15 The kind of bird mentioned here is debated. The has “vulture,” and so some commentaries follow that. The emphasis on the sight favors the view that it is the falcon.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“That path no bird of prey knows,

and the falcon’s eye has not seen it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

No bird of prey knows that hidden path,

no falcon’s eye has seen it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

No bird of prey knows that path;

no falcon’s eye has seen it.

NLTNew Living Translation

These are treasures no bird of prey can see,

no falcon’s eye observe.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“It is a path a bird of prey does not know

and the black kite’s eye has not seen.

KJV 1900King James Version

There is a path which no fowl knoweth,

And which the vulture’s eye hath not seen: