Job 28:5
As for the earth, out of it comes bread;Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
New Heart English Bible
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
6Sapphires come from its rocks.It has dust of gold.
Cross References
Genesis 1:11God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth;" and it was so.
Psalms 104:14He causes the grass to grow for the livestock,and plants for man to cultivate,that he may bring forth food out of the earth:
Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. In the day that you were created they were prepared.
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 →