Job 28:8
The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Job 28:8 in other translations
| BSB | Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it. |
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| WEB | The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there. |
| ASV | The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby. |
| YLT | Nor trodden it have the sons of pride, Not passed over it hath the fierce lion. |
| DARBY | The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed over it. |
| BBE | The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way. |
| Webster | The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. |
What does Job 28:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 28:1-11
Job maintained that the dispensations of Providence were regulated by the highest wisdom. To confirm this, he showed of what a great deal of knowledge and wealth men may make themselves masters. The caverns of the earth may be discovered, but not the counsels of Heaven. Go to the miners, thou sluggard in religion, consider their ways, and be wise. Let their courage and diligence in seeking the wealth that perishes…
Job 28:8 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Job 28:7
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
- Job 28:8
The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
- Job 28:9
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
Job 28:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Nunca la pisaron animales fieros, ni león pasó por ella. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | La bête fauve ne l’a pas foulé, le lion ne l’a pas traversé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | den die wilden Tiere nicht betreten, über den der Löwe nicht hingeschritten ist. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non calcaverunt eam filii institorum, nec pertransivit per eam leæna. |