Job 28:8 | CPDV | STEP | The sons of merchants have not walked there, nor has the lioness traveled through it.

‏ Job 28:8

8 The sons of merchants have not walked there, nor has the lioness traveled through it. ^{▼▼28:8The phrase ‘filii institorum’ refers not to mere children of shopkeepers or merchants, but to the sons of the merchants, in other words, to their apprentices or trainees (which would usually be sons or other younger male relatives). These sons of merchants would be given the task of traveling to various places on business, i.e. running errands. Even these sons, who travel a great deal, have not heard of such a place.(Conte)}