Job 28:4 Parallel Translations

They open up a mineshaft far from civilization, where no one has set foot. In this shaft men dangle and swing back and forth.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.

BBE:

He makes a deep mine far away from those living in the light of day; when they go about on the earth, they have no knowledge of those who are under them, who are hanging far from men, twisting from side to side on a cord.

DBY:

He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants of the earth: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover.

ERV:

He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; they are forgotten of the foot that passeth by; they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.

JPS:

He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; they are forgotten of the foot that passeth by; they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.

WBS:

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

WEB:

He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.

YLT:

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

Job 28:4 Cross References

XREF:

Job 28:3 "Man puts an end to darkness, And to the farthest limit he searches out The rock in gloom and deep shadow.

Job 28:5 "The earth, from it comes food, And underneath it is turned up as fire. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

28:4 The flood breaketh out from the {c} inhabitant; [even the waters] {d} forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
(c) Meaning, him that dwells by it.

WES:

28:4 Breaketh out - While men are searching, water breaks in upon them. Inhabitants - Out of that part of the earth which the miners inhabit. Forgotten - Untrodden by the foot of man. Dried up - They are dried up, (or, drawn up, by engines made for that purpose) from men, from the miners, that they may not be hindered in their work.

MHC:

28:1-11 Job maintained that the dispensations of Providence were regulated by the highest wisdom. To confirm this, he showed of what a great deal of knowledge and wealth men may make themselves masters. The caverns of the earth may be discovered, but not the counsels of Heaven. Go to the miners, thou sluggard in religion, consider their ways, and be wise. Let their courage and diligence in seeking the wealth that perishes, shame us out of slothfulness and faint-heartedness in labouring for the true riches. How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! How much easier, and safer! Yet gold is sought for, but grace neglected. Will the hopes of precious things out of the earth, so men call them, though really they are paltry and perishing, be such a spur to industry, and shall not the certain prospect of truly precious things in heaven be much more so?

CONC:

Afar Below Breaketh Breaks Broken Cord Cuts Dangles Deep Dried Flood Foot Forgotten Forth Fro Habitation Hang Hanging Hover Inhabitant Inhabitants Low Makes Open Openeth Passeth Places Shaft Shafts Sinks Sojourn Sojourner Stream Suspended Sways Swing Travelers Twisting Valley Wandered Waters

Afar Breaketh Breaks Cord Cuts Dried Dwell Earth Far Flood Foot Forgotten Forth Fro Habitation Hang Hanging Inhabitant Inhabitants Live Makes Open Passeth Shaft Shafts Side Sinks Sojourn Stream Swing Twisting Valley Waters

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