Job 28:7
No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
In Context
6Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
8The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way.
Cross References
Job 11:6And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!
Job 38:19Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;
Romans 11:33O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched 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 →