Job 28:8
The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the lion passed thereby.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
In Context
7That path no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath the falcon's eye seen it;
9He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:7He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
Matthew Henry on Job 28:2-12
Extent of Human Discoveries. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. 3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. 4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. 5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as… Read the whole commentary →