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The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the lion passed thereby.
He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v9 After that he hath declared the wisdom of God…
After that he hath declared the wisdom of God in the secrets of nature he describeth his power.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv8–11 Job 28:8 The lion’s whelps have not trodden it,…
Job 28:8 The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Ver. 8. The lion’s whelps have not trodden it] Heb. The children of pride, {see Job 41:34} that is, saith Vatablus, belluae truces et immanes, fierce and cruel creatures, which yet pass through mountains and valleys and vast forests, but come not under ground, where these metals are; that is no part of their walk. Where the Vulgate had, his filii institorum here, Sons of the hucksters, Mercer cannot imagine, and his best patrons are hard put to it to defend him.
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Nor the fierce lion passed by it] Heb. The huge lion. There are seven names of lions observed in Scripture, whereof here are two in this verse, of like sound the one to the other. The Tigurines render it here, the leopard; the Vulgate Latin, the lioness; and his paraphrast hath the whole verse thus, Those wild beasts, whose savage humour searcheth out the most solitary places, could never yet find them; and the lionesses, which run everywhere when they have lost their little ones, have never approached them.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv8–11 The lion’s whelps, Heb. the sons of pride; a…
The lion’s whelps, Heb. the sons of pride; a fit name for lions, which are lofty and stately creatures, despising both men and all other beasts that oppose them.
The fierce lion; which rangeth all places for prey, and findeth out the deepest dens and caves of the earth. The birds and beasts have ofttimes led men to such places as otherwise they should never have found out; but they could not lead men to these mines; but the finding out of them is a special gift of God, and an act of that wisdom which he hath put into man.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv8–11 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the…
The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. Or "upon it" (e); such creatures that are exceeding fierce and cruel, hungry and voracious, eager after their prey, range here and there in pursuit of it, search every hole and corner, and rove in dens and caves of the earth; yet these never traversed such ways and paths the miners make to get out the wealth and riches of the earth. Wicked men are sometimes compared to lions, for their cruelty and oppression exercised on the saints, breathing out threatenings and slaughter against them, Psa 57:4; and particularly tyrannical princes and persecutors, as the kings of Assyria and Babylon, and Nero the Roman emperor, Jer 1:17; these never trod the way of holiness, nor walked in the path of truth, nor knew the wisdom of God in a mystery, nor the Lord of life and glory, and the way of life and salvation by him; which is a way the unclean walk not in, or persons of such a temper and disposition; see Isa 35:8. The former clause may be rendered, as it is by some, "the children of pride" (f), and as it is in Job 41:34, which is the only place besides this where it is used; and so the Septuagint version, "the children of proud men": and may be accommodated to self-righteous persons, who are proud boasters of themselves and of their works, and go about to establish their own righteousness, and despise and will not submit unto the righteousness of Christ; these tread not in nor walk upon the good old way, and the only way of life, righteousness, and salvation, by Christ.
(e) "super eam", Schultens. (f) "filii superbiae", Montanus, Beza, Bolducius, Vatablus.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv8–10 Lion - Which rangeth all places for prey. The…
Lion - Which rangeth all places for prey. The birds and beasts have often led men to such places as otherwise they should never have found out; but they could not lead them to these mines, the finding out of them is a special gift of God.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv9–11 Verse 9. He putteth forth his hand upon the…
Verse 9. He putteth forth his hand upon the rock,] Still there appears to be a reference to mining. Man puts his hand upon the rock, he breaks that to pieces, in order to extract the metals which it contains.
He overturneth the mountains] He excavates, undermines, or digs them away, when in search of the metals contained in them: this is not only poetically, but literally, the case in many instances.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v9 Job 28:9-11. He putteth forth his hand upon the…
Job 28:9-11. He putteth forth his hand upon the rock, &c. — He digs through the hardest rocks by his obstinate labour; and undermines mountains, that he may find the treasures hid in their bowels. He cutteth out rivers among the rocks — If he meets with waters in his mining, which hinder his work, he cuts a channel through the rocks to convey them away; or, if he wants water, to wash the ore, he, with incredible industry, cuts channels to bring it into the mines. And his eye seeth every precious thing — Having with great art, and indefatigable industry, broke through all difficulties, he at last arrives at the wished-for object, and finds those precious treasures which he sought for. He bindeth the floods from overflowing — He restraineth them, and, as it were, bindeth them to their good behaviour, that they may not overflow the mine. Or, by his industry and skill he confineth the rivers, so that they cannot overflow. And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light — Those metals, or precious stones, which lie hid in the secret parts of the earth, he discovers to himself and others.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv8–11 The lion’s whelps - The lion that ventures into…
The lion’s whelps - The lion that ventures into the most dangerous places in pursuit of prey, has not dared to go where man has gone in pursuit of precious stones and gold. On the words used here to designate the lion, see Bochart Hieroz P. 1. Lib. iii. c. 1.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv8–11 Merchants, who go the shortest road. (Haydock) --- Hebrew,…
Merchants, who go the shortest road. (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "of lions," which find their deans without asking for the path. (Calmet)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv8–11 lion's whelps--literally, "the sons of pride," that is, the…
lion's whelps--literally, "the sons of pride," that is, the fiercest beasts.
passed--The Hebrew implies the proud gait of the lion. The miner ventures where not even the fierce lion dares to go in pursuit of his prey.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv8–11 8. Lion’s whelps — Literally, sons of pride. Same…
8. Lion’s whelps — Literally, sons of pride. Same as in Job_41:34. In enlarging thus upon the hidden path of the mine, that leads to the precious treasures of the earth, there is a covert allusion to the treasures of wisdom, which, in like manner, lie concealed.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv8–11 8. Neither have the proud wild beasts, which fearlessly…
8. Neither have the proud wild beasts, which fearlessly penetrate into the darkest places, ever trodden that path.
the lion’s whelps] Rather, the proud beasts, lit. sons of pride, ch. Job_41:34.
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passed by it] i. e. passed over it, walked it.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v9 (9) He putteth forth his hand upon the rock.—The…
(9) He putteth forth his hand upon the rock.—The process described is that of tunnelling and excavating, and that of making canals and lining them with stone; and in the course of such works many precious things would be discovered. The canals and cisterns were made so accurately that they retained the water, and did not even weep or trickle.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv8–11 The lion"s whelps have not trodden it; literally, the…
The lion"s whelps have not trodden it; literally, the sons of the fierce the whelps of lions, tigers, or leopards may be intended. These beasts would haunt the mountains and penetrate into natural caverns, bat would never adventure themselves in the shafts and adits of miners. Nor the fierce lion passed by it; rather, passed thereby (see the Revised Version).
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On vv10–11 His eye seeth every precious thing.
Job_28:10
His eye seeth every precious thing.
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Every precious thing
These words refer to the miner who digs for the treasure hidden in the earth. He finds the vein of silver, and the place for the gold. But if mans eye sees the precious things, let us think how God sees them.
I. He sees the promise and possibility. There are many things of which, at a glance, men can see the worth; things that proclaim themselves loudly. Some things only the genius can see. The gold is in the quartz, but invisible. And what a poor thing is humanity! How hard it is to find in many people any promise of any goodness, any possibility of any worth. But lo! our God bends over us, and to Him this humanity is infinitely precious. To Him it is a pearl of great price, for which He hath given all, that He may purchase it for His own. This is the glory of our God; this is the meaning of His salvation--that He sees in humanity an infinite worth, that which He can uplift and beautify and transform into His own very image and likeness.
II. He sees the effort and will, where others see only the poor result. God does not measure what we bring to Him, He weighs it. He knows what it cost.
III. He sees the great result, where we see but the process. God sees for Joseph the throne of Egypt; the sceptre of that great nation is in his hand. But what does Joseph see when carried off by the Midianites? Thus is it ever that God sees the glorious result when we see but the dreary processes. He hears the joyous shout of harvest home, where we have only the chill earth and the darkness of the grave. This is our safety and our blessedness--to give ourselves to Him who knows how to turn us to the beat account, and to let Him have His own way with us perfectly. (Mark Guy Pearse.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v9 lays his hand on the flinty rock
lays his hand on the flinty rock
This represents breaking up the rock. AT: "digs into the flinty rock" (See: Metonymy)
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flinty rock
"hard rock"
he overturns mountains by their roots
Digging up the mountains and the ground underneath them is a metaphor from digging out weeds or trees, an exaggeration that represents digging minerals out of the ground. AT: "he turns the mountains upside down by pulling out their roots" (See: Hyperbole and Generalization and Metaphor)
his eye sees
Here "his eye" represents him. AT: "he sees" (See: Synecdoche)
He ties up the streams so they do not run
Here "ties up the streams" means damming or blocking the streams. AT: "He blocks the streams so they do not flow" (See: Metaphor)
what is hidden there
This refers to things that people normally do not see because they are in the ground or underwater.
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