Job 28:5
What does Job 28:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 28:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
KJV
King James Version · 1611As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949As for the earth, bread comes out of it; but under its face it is turned up as if by fire.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:29
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food:
- Genesis 1:11
And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.
- Psalms 104:14
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,
- Isaiah 28:25
When he hath levelled the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border thereof?
- Ezekiel 28:13
Thou wast in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was in thee; in the day that thou wast created they were prepared.
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