Scripture · Old Testament
Job 28:4
Job 28:4 is verse 4 of Job chapter 28, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
King James Version
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
World English Bible
He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
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Job 28:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
3 Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
4 Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
5 Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
6 Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
Read all of Job 28Hebrew words
פָּ֤רַץhe breaks openנַ֨חַלa shaftמֵֽעִםaway from withגָּ֗רa sojournerהַֽנִּשְׁכָּחִ֥ים<the> forgottenמִנִּיfromרָ֑גֶלfootדַּ֖לּוּthey hang downמֵאֱנ֣וֹשׁaway from humankindנָֽעוּthey swing
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