He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 4. At. Nations are separated by waters from each other. Calmet.—Some, like the Chinese, keep all strangers at a distance. Bible.—But the industry of man breaketh through all barriers. Hebrew “a river separates a foreign nation forgotten by travellers; but these waters cannot stop man: they flow away.” Calmet.—“The flood breaketh out from the inhabitants, even the waters; forgotten of the foot, they are dried up; they are gone away from men.” Prot. “Sand cuts off a torrent: but those who forget the way of justice, have become infirm, and have been instable among mortals.” Septuagint Bible.—Travellers are sometimes parted by a swelling torrent; (Sa) and waters, bursting forth suddenly, change the roads of man. Worthington.