Job 28:5

In 11 translations

BSB

Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.

KJV

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.

ASV

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

LSV

The earth! Bread comes forth from it, || And its under-part is turned like fire.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

Out of the same earth commeth bread, and vnder it, as it were fire is turned vp.

JPS

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

LXXE

As for the earth, out of it shall come bread: under it has been turned up as it were fire.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אֶ֗רֶץ מִמֶּ֥נָּה יֵֽצֵא־לָ֑חֶם וְ֝תַחְתֶּ֗יהָ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ כְּמוֹ־אֵֽשׁ׃

LXX-Br

Γῆ, ἐξ αὐτῆς ἐξελεύσεται ἄρτος, ὑποκάτω αὐτῆς ἐστράφη ὡσεὶ πῦρ.

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• Isaiah 28:25–29When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border. For his God instructs and teaches him properly. Surely caraway is not…
• Psalms 104:14–15He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his…
• Genesis 1:11–12Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so. The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants…
• Genesis 1:29Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
• Ezekiel 28:13–14You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold,…

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