Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Job 28:4
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Berean Standard Bible
Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
King James Version
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; [even the waters] forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
World English Bible
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.
American Standard Version
He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Job 28
2 Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
3 Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
5 Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
6 Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
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