King James Version
Job 28:8 in the King James Version says “The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.” — study this verse from Job chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.”
Job 28:8 · KJV
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. dust: or, gold ore
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
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. rock: or, flint
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“have not trodden”
H1869to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)
“whelps”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“passed”
H5710to advance, i.e., pass on or continue; causatively, to remove; specifically, to bedeck (i.e., bring an ornament upon)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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