Job 28:4

A stream hath broken out from a sojourner, Those forgotten of the foot, They were low, from man they wandered.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

In Context

3An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.

5The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire.

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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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