28:7 a hidden path 1 no bird of prey knows –
no falcon’s 2 eye has spotted it.
28:10 He has cut out channels 3 through the rocks;
his eyes have spotted 4 every precious thing.
1 tn The “path” could refer to the mine shaft or it could refer to wisdom. The former seems more likely in the present context; the word “hidden is supplied in the translation to indicate the mines are “hidden” from sharp-eyed birds of prey above.
2 sn The kind of bird mentioned here is debated. The LXX has “vulture,” and so some commentaries follow that. The emphasis on the sight favors the view that it is the falcon.
3 tn Or “tunnels.” The word is יְאֹרִים (yÿ’orim), the word for “rivers” and in the singular, the Nile River. Here it refers to tunnels or channels through the rocks.
4 tn Heb “his eye sees.”