King James Version
Job 28:7 in the King James Version says “There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:” — study this verse from Job chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:”
Job 28:7 · KJV
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. dust: or, gold ore
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. rock: or, flint
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“knoweth”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“hath not seen”
H7805to tan (by sunburning); figuratively (as if by a piercing ray) to scan
“eye”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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