The Meaning of Job 28:7 Explained

Job 28:7

KJV: There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

YLT: A path -- not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,

Darby: It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;

ASV: That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[There is] a path  which no fowl  knoweth,  and which the vulture's  eye  hath not seen: 

What does Job 28:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 28:1-28 - The Pearl Of Great Price
A search for this pearl of great price has occupied men in every age. Job compares it with the search of the miner for the hidden treasures of the earth, Job 28:1-12. This paragraph should be read in the r.v. The shaft into the earth, the miner's exile from the cheerful haunts of human life, his exposure to dangers from foul air, water, and the falling-in of the mine, the binding up of the streams, are vividly portrayed. But the miner perseveres through all till he obtains his golden spoil. Would that we were as persistent in our quest for the knowledge of God! Paul was a great miner; he went down into caverns of pain and sorrow, that he might bring to light the treasures of God's wisdom and love.
Only God knows God, Job 28:23. In the depths of His nature, dark with excess of light but hidden from the falcon's eye of human genius, are both knowledge and understanding. He waits to reveal these things to babes, saying, "Fear God, and you will be wise. Depart from evil, and you will understand," Job 28:28. Christ is the Word and the Wisdom of God, 1 Corinthians 1:24. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 28

1  There is a knowledge of natural things
12  But wisdom is an excellent gift of God

What do the individual words in Job 28:7 mean?

[That] path no knows bird nor has seen it the eye of falcon
נָ֭תִיב לֹֽא־ יְדָ֣עוֹ עָ֑יִט וְלֹ֥א שְׁ֝זָפַ֗תּוּ עֵ֣ין אַיָּֽה

נָ֭תִיב  [That]  path 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: נָתִיב 
Sense: trodden with the feet, path, pathway.
לֹֽא־  no 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יְדָ֣עוֹ  knows 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
עָ֑יִט  bird 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַיִט  
Sense: bird of prey, a swooper.
וְלֹ֥א  nor 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
שְׁ֝זָפַ֗תּוּ  has  seen  it 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁזַף  
Sense: (Qal) to catch sight of, look on.
עֵ֣ין  the  eye 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
אַיָּֽה  of  falcon 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַיָּה  
Sense: hawk, falcon, kite.

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