Job 28:5

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

— WEB

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

— KJV

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

— ASV

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Commentary

Its fertile surface yields food; and yet "beneath it is turned up as it were with fire." So PLINY [Natural History, 33] observes on the ingratitude of man who repays the debt he owes the earth for food, by digging out its bowels. "Fire" was used in mining [UMBREIT]. English Version is simpler, which means precious stones which glow like fire; and so Job 28:6 follows naturally (Eze 28:14).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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