Job 28:5 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

"Above the ground food grows, but beneath it the food decays as if it were burned by fire.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

ASV:

As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

BBE:

As for the earth, bread comes out of it; but under its face it is turned up as if by fire.

DBY:

As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire;

ERV:

As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

JPS:

As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

WBS:

As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

WEB:

As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

YLT:

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

Job 28:5 Cross References

XREF:

Job 28:4 "He sinks a shaft far from habitation, Forgotten by the foot; They hang and swing to and fro far from men.

Job 28:6 "Its rocks are the source of sapphires, And its dust contains gold. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

28:5 [As for] the earth, out of it cometh {e} bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
(e) That is, come and underneath is brimstone or coal, which easily conceives fire.

WES:

28:5 Fire - Coals, and brimstone, and other materials of fire. Unless this refer, as some suppose, to a central fire.

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:

Below Bread Face Fire Forth Underneath Under-part

Below Bread Earth Face Fire Food Forth Transformed Turned Underneath

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