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The proud animals have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
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Humanity's Bold Pursuit
Commentators point out that this verse highlights humanity's incredible determination. In the quest for earthly treasures like gold and jewels, people will venture into dangerous, hidden places where even the most ferocious predators, like lions, dare not go. This sets up a powerful contrast between the pursuit of worldly wealth and the search for divine wisdom.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The lion’s whelps - The lion that ventures into the most dangerous places in pursuit of prey has not dared to go where man has gone in pursu…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lionpassed by it . Or "upon it" F5 ; suc…
Job maintained that the arrangements of Providence are regulated by the highest wisdom. To confirm this, he showed how much knowledge and wealth pe…
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13th Century
Catholic
Previously, Job had shown how frail and perishable the lot is that the wicked receive from God (Job 27:13). Now, he intends to show, on…
