Job 28:5

As for the earth, out of it shall come bread: 1 Under it has been turned up as it were fire. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

4There is a cutting off of the torrent by reason of dust: 1 So they that forget the right way are weakened; they are removed from among men. 1

6Her stones are the place of the sapphire: 1 And her dust supplies man with gold. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 1:11And God said, Let the earth bring forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and it was so.

Psalms 104:14He suffered no man to wrong them; 1 And he rebuked kings for their sakes: 1

Ezekiel 28:13Thou wast in the delight of the paradise of God; thou hast bound upon thee every precious stone, the sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and ligure, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx: and thou hast filled thy treasures and thy stores in thee with gold.

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 →

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