Job

Job 28:8–11

⁸Proud beasts have never trodden it;

no lion has ever prowled over it.

⁹The miner strikes the flint;

he overturns mountains at their base.

¹⁰He hews out channels in the rocks,

and his eyes spot every treasure.

¹¹He stops up^a the sources of the streams

to bring what is hidden to light.

Footnotes

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Proud beasts	בְנֵי־	ḇə·nê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
have never	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
trodden it	הִדְרִיכֻ֥הוּ	hiḏ·rî·ḵu·hū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural; third person masculine singular	H1869 tread, march
no	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
lion	שָֽׁחַל׃	šā·ḥal	Noun - masculine singular	H7826 lion
has ever prowled	עָדָ֖ה	‘ā·ḏāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5710 pass on, advance
over it	עָלָ֣יו	‘ā·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H5921 height

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The miner strikes	שָׁלַ֣ח	šā·laḥ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
the flint	בַּֽ֭חַלָּמִישׁ	ba·ḥal·lā·mîš	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2496 flint
he overturns	הָפַ֖ךְ	hā·p̄aḵ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2015 turn, overturn
mountains	הָרִֽים׃	hā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
at their base	מִשֹּׁ֣רֶשׁ	miš·šō·reš	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H8328 root

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He hews out	בִּקֵּ֑עַ	biq·qê·a‘	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1234 cleave, break open or through
channels	יְאֹרִ֣ים	yə·’ō·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2975 stream
in the rocks	בַּ֭צּוּרוֹת	baṣ·ṣū·rō·wṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H6697 rock, cliff
and his eyes	עֵינֽוֹ׃	‘ê·nōw	Noun - common singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5869 eye
spot	רָאֲתָ֥ה	rā·’ă·ṯāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H7200 see
every	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
treasure	יְ֝קָ֗ר	yə·qār	Noun - masculine singular	H3366 preciousness, price, honour

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He stops up	חִבֵּ֑שׁ	ḥib·bêš	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2280 bind, bind on, bind up
the sources	מִ֭בְּכִי	mib·bə·ḵî	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H1065 weeping
of the streams	נְהָר֣וֹת	nə·hā·rō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H5104 stream, river
to bring	יֹ֣צִא	yō·ṣi	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
what is hidden	וְ֝תַעֲלֻמָ֗הּ	wə·ṯa·ʿă·lu·må̄h	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8587 hidden thing, secret
to light	אֽוֹר׃פ	’ō·wr	Noun - common singular	H216 light

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 28:9 Nahum 1:4–6

Job 28:11 1 Corinthians 4:5 · Isaiah 45:2–3 · Isaiah 37:25 · Job 26:8 · Isaiah 44:27

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.