Job 28:5
Out of the same earth commeth bread, and vnder it, as it were fire is turned vp.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
6The stones thereof are a place of saphirs, and the dust of it is golde.
Cross References
Genesis 1:11Then God said, Let the earth bud forth the bud of the herbe, that seedeth seed, the fruitfull tree, which beareth fruite according to his kinde, which hath his seede in it selfe vpon the earth: and it was so.
Psalms 104:14He causeth grasse to growe for the cattell, and herbe for the vse of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth,
Ezekiel 28:13Thou hast ben in Eden the garden of God: euery precious stone was in thy garment, the rubie, the topaze and the diamonde, the chrysolite, the onix, and the iasper, the saphir, emeraude, and the carbuncle and golde: the woorkemanship of thy timbrels, and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
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 →