The [a]proud animals have not trodden it,
Nor has the lion passed over it.
He puts his hand on the flint;
He overturns the mountains at the [b]base.
10 He carves out channels through the rocks,
And his eye sees anything precious.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:8 Lit sons of pride
  2. Job 28:9 Lit root

Proud beasts(A) do not set foot on it,
    and no lion prowls there.(B)
People assault the flinty rock(C) with their hands
    and lay bare the roots of the mountains.(D)
10 They tunnel through the rock;(E)
    their eyes see all its treasures.(F)

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