Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
No bird of prey knows that path, nor has the falcon's eye seen it.
New American Standard Bible
Nor has the falcon’s eye caught sight of it.
King James Version
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
Holman Bible
no falcon’s eye has seen it.
International Standard Version
a place where birds of prey never fly, and the eyes of the falcon have never seen.
American Standard Version
That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:
Amplified
“The path [deep within] no bird of prey knows,
And the falcon’s eye has not caught sight of it.
Bible in Basic English
No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it.
Darby Translation
It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;
Julia Smith Translation
A beaten path the birds knew not, and the vulture's eye scanned it not:
King James 2000
There is a path which no fowl knows, and which the falcon's eye has not seen:
Lexham Expanded Bible
"[It is] a path a bird of prey does not know and [the] black kite's eye has not seen.
Modern King James verseion
There is a path which no bird knows, nor has the vulture's eye caught sight of it;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There is a way also that the birds know not, that no vulture's eye hath seen;
NET Bible
a hidden path no bird of prey knows -- no falcon's eye has spotted it.
New Heart English Bible
That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon's eye seen it.
The Emphasized Bible
A path, the vulture hath not discerned, nor hath the eye of the hawk scanned it;
Webster
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vultur's eye hath not seen:
World English Bible
That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon's eye seen it.
Youngs Literal Translation
A path -- not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 28:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Discourse On Wisdom
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold. 7 No bird of prey knows that path, nor has the falcon's eye seen it. 8 The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed thereby.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 11:6
and 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 28:21-23
Since it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept closed from the birds of the heavens.
Job 38:19
Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place of it
Job 38:24
By what way is the light divided, or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
Romans 11:33
O the depth of wealth, both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways beyond finding out!