28:10 He has cut out channels 1 through the rocks;
his eyes have spotted 2 every precious thing.
28:16 It cannot be measured out for purchase 3 with the gold of Ophir,
with precious onyx 4 or sapphires.
31:26 if I looked at the sun 5 when it was shining,
and the moon advancing as a precious thing,
1 tn Or “tunnels.” The word is יְאֹרִים (yÿ’orim), the word for “rivers” and in the singular, the Nile River. Here it refers to tunnels or channels through the rocks.
2 tn Heb “his eye sees.”
3 tn The word actually means “weighed,” that is, lifted up on the scale and weighed, in order to purchase.
4 tn The exact identification of these stones is uncertain. Many recent English translations, however, have “onyx” and “sapphires.”
5 tn Heb “light”; but parallel to the moon it is the sun. This section speaks of false worship of the sun and the moon.