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Job 28:5
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Food may come from the earth,but below the surface the earth is transformed as by fire.
As for the eretz, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
As for the earth, out of it comes bread, but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
Food grows on top of the earth, but below ground things are changed as if by fire.
The earth, from which food comes, is overturned below as though by fire;
"[As for] the earth, out of it comes food, But underneath [its surface, down deep] it is turned over as fire.
"From the earth comes food, And underneath, it is turned over like fire.
As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
Out of the same earth commeth bread, & vnder it, as it were fire is turned vp.
The earth, from it comes food,And underneath it is overturned as fire.
Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
"While the earth is [peacefully] yielding bread, underneath, it is being convulsed as if by fire;
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire;
Food grows on the ground above. But underground it is different, as if everything were melted by fire.
They lay open the earth, out of which comes sustenance; and from under it is turned up material as if it were burned with fire.
Food grows out of the earth, But underneath the same earth All is torn up and crushed.
As for the earth, from it comes food, but underneath it, it is turned up as by fire.
As to the earth, out of it comes bread; and underneath it, it is turned up like fire.
He bryngeth foode out of the earth, & yt which is vnder, consumeth he with fyre.
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
As for the earth, bread comes out of it; but under its face it is turned up as if by fire.
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
As for the earth, out of it commeth bread: and vnder it, is turned vp as it were fire.
Out of the same earth commeth bread, and vnder it as it were fire is turned vp.
As for the earth, out of it shall come bread: under it has been turned up as it were fire.
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
The erthe, wher of breed cam forth in his place, is destried bi fier.
As for the earth, out of it comes bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
[As for] the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
As for the earth, from it comes bread, But underneath it is turned up as by fire;
Food is grown on the earth above, but down below, the earth is melted as by fire.
As for the earth, out of it comes food. But below, it is turned up as fire.
As for the earth, out of it comes bread; but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
As for the earth, out of it, cometh forth bread, and, under it, is upturned, as it were fire;
The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.
As for the earth, out of it comes bread; but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire.
"The earth, from it comes food, And underneath it is turned up as fire.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
out of it: Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:29, Psalms 104:14, Psalms 104:15, Isaiah 28:25-29
fire: Ezekiel 28:13, Ezekiel 28:14
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[As for] the earth, out of it cometh bread,.... That is, bread corn, or corn of which bread is made particularly wheat; which falling, or being cast into the earth, rises up and brings forth fruit, and, when ground into flour, makes fine bread; and to this same original the psalmist ascribes bread, which strengthens man's heart, Psalms 104:14. The West Indians formerly made their bread of roots of the earth, particularly one called "jucca" b; so Caesar's soldiers in distress made bread of a root called "chara", steeped in milk c:
and under it is turned up as it were fire; coal, which is fuel for fire; for, as in the earth are mines for gold and silver, iron and brass, out of which they are dug, or the ore of them, so there is coal under the earth; which, when turned up, or dug, is taken for firing; or brimstone, or sulphureous matter, which is easily inflammable; and sometimes the same earth, the surface of which is covered with corn, out of which bread cometh, underneath are coal, or sulphur, and such like combustible matter: some think precious stones are meant, which glitter and sparkle like fire; see Ezekiel 28:14.
b P. Martyr, Decad 1. l. 1. c Caesar. Comment. Bell. Civil. l. 3. c. 48.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread - That is, it produces food, or the materials for bread. The idea of Job seems to be, that it was proof of great wisdom and skill on the part of man that he had carried the arts of agriculture so far. The earth in producing grain, and the arts of husbandry, were illustrative of wisdom and skill, but they did not impart the wisdom about the government of God which was desired. That was reserved to be imparted more directly by God himself, Job 28:23 ff.
And under it is turned up as it were fire - That is, on being turned up it discloses precious stones that seem to glow like coals of fire. This is the obvious sense of this passage, though a different interpretation has been given by most expositors. Job is speaking of mining. He describes the search for, gold, and silver, and precious stones. He says that one of the wonders of wisdom in the earth is, that it produces nutritious grain; another, that when the same earth is turned up it seems to rest on a bed of fire. The dark ground is made to glow by the quantity of jewels that are disclosed, and its deep recesses seem to be on fire. There is no reference here, therefore, as it seems to me. to any volcanic agency, or to any belief that the earth rests on a sea of fire. The idea has been expressed in Sergeant’s “Mine:”
“Wheresoe’er our footsteps turn,
Rubies blush and diamonds burn.”
Luther has given to the passage a different sense. Man bringet auch Feuer unten aus der Eerie, da oben Speise auf wachst - “They bring fire from the earth beneath, where food grows up above.” Coverdale, “He bringeth food out of the earth; that which is under he consumeth with fire.” Herder, “And underneath it is changed as by fire.” Dr. Good, “Below it (the earth) windeth a fiery region.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 28:5. The earth, out of it cometh bread — Or the earth, ממנה mimmennah, from itself, by its own vegetative power, it sends out bread, or the corn of which bread is made.
And under it is turned up as it were fire. — It seems as if this referred to some combustible fossil, similar to our stone coal, which was dug up out of the earth in some places of Arabia. The Chaldee gives a translation, conformable to a very ancient opinion, which supposed the centre of the earth to be a vast fire, and the place called hell. "The earth from which food proceeds, and under which is gehenna, whose cold snow is converted into the likeness of fire; and the garden of Eden, which is the place whose stones are sapphires," c. The Vulgate has, "The land from which bread has been produced has been destroyed by fire." If this be the meaning of the original, there is probably an allusion to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the seventh and eighth verses Job 28:7-8 may be supposed to refer to that catastrophe, there being no place left tangible or visible where those cities once stood: neither fowl nor beast could discern a path there, the whole land being covered with the lake Asphaltites.
