Job 28:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ As for the earth, out of it comes bread; but underneath it is turned up as by fire.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: And under it is turned up as it were fire.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ As for the earth, out of it comes bread, but underneath [its surface, down deep in the mine] there is blasting, turning it up as by fire.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

Common English Bible

⁵ Earth—from it comes food— is turned over below ground as by fire.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ The land, where bread appeared in its place, has been destroyed by fire.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.

Job 28:5 Cross References

Genesis 1:29

And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.

Job 28:4

They open shafts in a valley away from where men live; they are forgotten by travelers, they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.

Job 28:6

Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.