KJV King James Version
[There is] a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
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Job 28:7
[There is] a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
WEB World English Bible
That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
ASV American Standard Version
That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon’s eye seen it:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A path—not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,
Surrounding context — Job 28
4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; [even the waters] forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
5 [As for] the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
6 The stones of it [are] the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
7 [There is] a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
8 The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
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Job 11:6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that [they are] double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee [less] than thine iniquity [deserveth].Job 28:21-23Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.Job 38:24By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?Job 38:19Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,Romans 11:33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
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