Job 28:7
No bird of prey knows that path, nor has the falcon's eye seen it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
In Context
6The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
8The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed thereby.
Cross References
Job 11:6and that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacts of thee less than thine iniquity deserves.
Job 38:19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place of it
Romans 11:33O the depth of wealth, both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways beyond finding out!
Matthew Henry on Job 28:2-12
Extent of Human Discoveries. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. 3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. 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… Read the whole commentary →