King James Version
What Does Job 28:5 Mean?
“As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.”
Context
3
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
4
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
5
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
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The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. dust: or, gold ore
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There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(5) **As for the earth . . .**—While the ploughman and the reaper till and gather the fruits of the earth on its surface, the miner far below maintains perpetual fires, as also does the volcanic mountain, with its fields and vineyards luxuriant and fertile on its sides.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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