Job 28:5

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

4A stream hath broken out from a sojourner, Those forgotten of the foot, They were low, from man they wandered.

6A place of the sapphire [are] its stones, And it hath dust of gold.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:11And God saith, 'Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed [is] in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:' and it is so.

Psalms 104:14Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,

Ezekiel 28:13In Eden, the garden of God, thou hast been, Every precious stone thy covering, Ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle, and gold, The workmanship of thy tabrets, and of thy pipes, In thee in the day of thy being produced, have been 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 →

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