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Job 28:4

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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 28:4 in other translations

He 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.

Job 28:4 · American Standard Version

Job 28:4 in context

  1. 2Iron is taken out of the earth,
    and copper is smelted out of the ore.
  2. 3Man sets an end to darkness,
    and searches out, to the furthest bound,
    the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
  3. 4He 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.
  4. 5As for the earth, out of it comes bread;
    Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
  5. 6Sapphires come from its rocks.
    It has dust of gold.