No bird of prey knows the path, neither has the falcon's eye seen it, establishing that knowledge available to humans is unavailable to animals, even to creatures whose sight exceeds human vision. The reference to the bird of prey and the falcon—creatures with extraordinary visual acuity—emphasizes that even superior perception cannot locate the miner's path, the hidden way that humans have learned. The assertion that no bird knows the path suggests that this knowledge is distinctively human, that it requires human reason and effort rather than instinctive animal capability. This verse begins the shift from celebrating human knowledge to positioning human wisdom as distinct from other forms of knowing.

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