Job 28:5

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Job 28:5

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Berean Standard Bible

Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.

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KJV

King James Version

[As for] the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

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WEB

World English Bible

As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

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ASV

American Standard Version

As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Job 28

³ Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.

⁴ Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.

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.

⁷ No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.

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