Job 28:4
What does Job 28:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 28:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He makes a deep mine far away from those living in the light of day; when they go about on the earth, they have no knowledge of those who are under them, who are hanging far from men, twisting from side to side on a cord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A stream hath broken out from a sojourner, Those forgotten of the foot, They were low, from man they wandered.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The flood divideth from the people that are on their journey, those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants [of the earth]: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover.
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