Bible Strands
Job 28:5
Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job’s discourse shifts to subterranean labor, describing miners who dig shafts far from human habitation to extract resources. The words — נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ (neh.Pakh) = it is turned over and אֵֽשׁ ('Esh) = fire. The thread — The motif of the earth yielding food appears in Genesis 1:11 and Genesis 1:29, while Isaiah 28:25 describes the act of sowing seeds on leveled ground. Why it lands — It demands recognition that human extraction and agricultural processes both rely on hidden, transformative forces beyond immediate control.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 28:25 When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border.
- Genesis 1:11 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
- Genesis 1:29 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
- Psalms 104:14 He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
- Ezekiel 28:13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.