The Meaning of Job 28:8 Explained

Job 28:8

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

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.

ASV: The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 28:8?

MEANING: What does Job 28:8 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 28:8 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 28:8?

What is the context of Job 28:8?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 28:8 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 28:1-28 - The Pearl Of Great Price

A search for this pearl of great price has occupied men in every age. Job compares it with the search of the miner for the hidden treasures of the earth, Job 28:1-12. This paragraph should be read in the r.v. The shaft into the earth, the miner's exile from the cheerful haunts of human life, his exposure to dangers from foul air, water, and the falling-in of the mine, the binding up of the streams, are vividly portrayed. But the miner perseveres through all till he obtains his golden spoil. Would that we were as persistent in our quest for the knowledge of God! Paul was a great miner; he went down into caverns of pain and sorrow, that he might bring to light the treasures of God's wisdom and love.

Only God knows God, Job 28:23. In the depths of His nature, dark with excess of light but hidden from the falcon's eye of human genius, are both knowledge and understanding. He waits to reveal these things to babes, saying, "Fear God, and you will be wise. Depart from evil, and you will understand," Job 28:28. Christ is the Word and the Wisdom of God, 1 Corinthians 1:24. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 28

¹ There is a knowledge of natural things
¹² But wisdom is an excellent gift of God

What do the individual words in Job 28:8 mean?

Not have trodden it whelps the proud lions nor has passed over it the fierce lion

לֹֽא־ הִדְרִיכֻ֥הוּ בְנֵי־ שָׁ֑חַץ לֹֽא־ עָדָ֖ה עָלָ֣יו שָֽׁחַל

הִדְרִיכֻ֥הוּ	have trodden it
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person common plural, third person masculine singular Root: דָּרַךְ Sense: to tread, bend, lead, march.
בְנֵי־	whelps
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שָׁ֑חַץ	the proud lions
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: שַׁחַץ Sense: dignity, pride.
לֹֽא־	nor
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
עָדָ֖ה	has passed
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: עָדָה Sense: to pass on, advance, go on, pass by, remove.
עָלָ֣יו	over it
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
שָֽׁחַל	the fierce lion
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: שַׁחַל Sense: lion.

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