Job 28:8
6 Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
7 No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
9 The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
10 He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
- KJV
- The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
- WEB
- The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
- ASV
- The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.
- DARBY
- The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed over it.
- BLB
- The sons of pride have not trodden it, and the lion has not passed over it.
- ÅB
- stolte rovdyr har ikke trådt på den, ingen løve har skredet fram over den.
- OTB
- De stolte dyrene har ikke gått på den,
Og løven har ikke passert over den. - B1930
- stolte rovdyr har ikke trådt på den, ingen løve har skredet frem over den.