Job 28:10

28:10 He has cut out channels ¹  through the rocks;

his eyes have spotted ²  every precious thing.

Job 28:16

28:16 It cannot be measured out for purchase ³  with the gold of Ophir,

with precious onyx ⁴  or sapphires.

Job 31:26

31:26 if I looked at the sun ⁵  when it was shining,

and the moon advancing as a precious thing,

[28:10]  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.

[28:10]  ² tn Heb “his eye sees.”

[28:16]  ³ tn The word actually means “weighed,” that is, lifted up on the scale and weighed, in order to purchase.

[28:16]  ⁴ tn The exact identification of these stones is uncertain. Many recent English translations, however, have “onyx” and “sapphires.”

[31:26]  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.