Job 28:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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

Lion's whelps - literally, the sons of pride х bªneey (H1121) shaachats (H7830)] - i:e., the fiercest beasts. Lion's whelps - literally, the sons of pride х bªneey (H1121) shaachats (H7830)] - i:e., the fiercest beasts.

Passed. The Hebrew implies the proud gait of the lion: traversed. The miner ventures where not even the fierce lion dares to go in pursuit of his prey.

Job 28:8

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