Job 28:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 11:6 : 6 And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!
  • Job 28:21-23 : 21 For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air. 22 Destruction and Death say, We have only had word of it with our ears. 23 God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;
  • Job 38:19 : 19 Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;
  • Job 38:24 : 24 Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O 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.

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  • 8The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way.

  • Job 28:19-21
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    19The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold.

    20From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

    21For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air.

  • 6Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.

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    17The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.

    18There are three things, the wonder of which overcomes me, even four things outside my knowledge:

    19The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a snake on a rock; the way of a ship in the heart of the sea; and the way of a man with a girl.

  • 5Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

  • 23God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;

  • 17Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

  • Job 28:12-17
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    12But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

    13Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.

    14The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.

    15Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it.

    16It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.

    17Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.

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    8The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas.

  • 10He makes deep ways, cut through the rock, and his eye sees everything of value.

  • 5Is it possible for a bird to be taken in a net on the earth where no net has been put for him? will the net come up from the earth if it has taken nothing at all?

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    12But these birds you may not take: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;

    13The falcon and the kite, and birds of that sort;

  • Job 39:26-27
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    26The bow is sounding against him; he sees the shining point of spear and arrow.

    27Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;

  • Job 38:19-20
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    19Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;

    20So that you might take it to its limit, guiding it to its house?

  • 14And the kite and the falcon, and birds of that sort;

  • 15The arrowsnake will make her hole and put her eggs there, and get her young together under her shade: there the hawks will come together by twos.

  • 14And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a sound.

  • 23Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.

  • Job 22:14-15
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    14Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.

    15Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?

  • 9The eye which saw him sees him no longer; and his place has no more knowledge of him.

  • 11Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?

  • 8Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.

  • 19Those who went after us were quicker than the eagles of the heaven, driving us before them on the mountains, waiting secretly for us in the waste land.

  • 11But the birds of the waste land will have their place there; it will be a heritage for the bittern and the raven: and it will be measured out with line and weight as a waste land.

  • 7But put now a question to the beasts, and get teaching from them; or to the birds of the heaven, and they will make it clear to you;

  • 29Is it through your knowledge that the hawk takes his flight, stretching out his wings to the south?

  • 26Your bodies will be meat for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth; there will be no one to send them away.

  • 1Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.

  • Job 39:13-14
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    13Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?

    14Will you put your faith in him, because his strength is great? will you give the fruit of your work into his care?

  • 25Looking, I saw that there was no man, and all the birds of heaven had gone in flight.

  • 21For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

  • 11Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.

  • 6She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

  • 24Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?

  • 33And the bodies of this people will be food for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth; and there will be no one to send them away.

  • 27Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely.