8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
8 Proud beasts do not set foot on it, and no lion prowls there.
8 The proud beasts have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it.
8 Wild animals are oblivious to it, lions don't know it's there.
8 The proud lions have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.
8 No wild animal has walked upon these treasures; no lion has ever set his paw there.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 28:8
Commentary on Job 28:1-11
(Read 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, shame us out of slothfulness and faint-heartedness in labouring for the true riches. How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! How much easier, and safer! Yet gold is sought for, but grace neglected. Will the hopes of precious things out of the earth, so men call them, though really they are paltry and perishing, be such a spur to industry, and shall not the certain prospect of truly precious things in heaven be much more so?