Job 28:8

The proud beasts have not trodden it, 1 nor the shachal (lionʼs cub) passed over it. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

In Context

7There is a hidden path of which no bird of prey has da'as, 1 and which the falconʼs eye hath not seen. 1

9He [the miner] putteth forth his yad upon the rock; 1 he upturneth the mountains by the shoresh. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 2:7He layeth up tushiyyah (wise Torah counsel) for the yesharim (upright ones); 1 He is a mogen (shield) to them that walk in blamelessness. 1

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 →

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