Job 28:7
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen: | No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it. | That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon’s eye seen it: |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [the] path | נָ֭תִיב | NA-tiv | H5410A | pathנָתִיב (na.tiv) 1) trodden with the feet, path, pathway 2) path, pathway, traveller |
| not | לֹֽא־ | lo'- | H3808 | notלֹא (lo) 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) Aramaic equivalent: la (לָא "not" H3809) |
| it knows it | יְדָ֣עוֹ | ye-DA-'ov | H3045 | to knowיָדַע (ya.da) 1) to know 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to know 1a1a) to know, learn to know 1a1b) to perceive 1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern 1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish 1a1e) to know by experience 1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess 1a1g) to consider 1a2) to know, be acquainted with 1a3) to know (a person carnally) 1a4) to know how, be skilful in 1a5) to have knowledge, be wise 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed 1b2) to make oneself known 1b3) to be perceived 1b4) to be instructed 1c) (Piel) to cause to know 1d) (Poal) to cause to know 1e) (Pual) … |
| a bird of prey | עָ֑יִט | 'A-yit | H5861 | bird of preyעַ֫יִט (a.yit) bird of prey, a swooper |
| and not | וְלֹ֥א | ve-LO' | H3808 | notלֹא (lo) 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) Aramaic equivalent: la (לָא "not" H3809) |
| it catches sight of it | שְׁ֝זָפַ֗תּוּ | SHE-za-FA-tu | H7805 | to seeשָׁזַף (sha.zaph) (Qal) to catch sight of, look on |
| [the] eye of | עֵ֣ין | 'ein | H5869A | eyeעַ֫יִן (a.yin) : eye 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) |
| a hawk | אַיָּֽה׃ | 'ai-YAH | H0344 | falconאַיָּה (ay.yah) hawk, falcon, kite |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.