Job 28:5
As for the earth, bread comes out of it; but under its face it is turned up as if by fire.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
In Context
6Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
Cross References
Genesis 1:11And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.
Psalms 104:14He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth;
Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready.
Matthew Henry on Job 28:2-12
Extent of Human Discoveries. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. 3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. 4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. 5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as… Read the whole commentary →