JOB 28:5 Parallel View

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ULT The earth, from it comes bread,
⇔ but beneath it, it is overturned as with fire.

UST Food grows on the surface of the ground.
⇔ But deep below the ground, miners make fires to break apart the rocks.

BSB Food may come from the earth,
⇔ but from below it is transformed as by fire.

OEB From the surface of earth cometh bread,
⇔ While, beneath, it is raked as by fire.

WEB As for the earth, out of it comes bread.
⇔ Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

NET The earth, from which food comes,
 ⇔ is overturned below as though by fire;

LSV The earth! Bread comes forth from it,
And its under-part is turned like fire.

FBV Bread comes from the earth, but underneath it looks as if it has been turned upside-down by fire.

T4T Food grows on the surface of the ground,
⇔ but down under the ground, where there is no food, the miners make fires to break apart the rocks.

LEB • As for the earth, from it comes food,[fn]but[fn] underneath it, it is turned up asby fire.

?:? Or “bread”

?:? Hebrew “and”

BBE As for the earth, bread comes out of it; but under its face it is turned up as if by fire.

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JPS As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

ASV As for the earth, out of it cometh bread;
 ⇔ And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

DRA The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.

YLT The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire.

DBY As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire;

RV As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

WBS As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

KJB As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
(As for the earth, out of it cometh/comes bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. )

BB Out of the same earth commeth bread, and vnder it as it were fire is turned vp.
(Out of the same earth cometh/comes bread, and under it as it were fire is turned up.)

GNV Out of the same earth commeth bread, and vnder it, as it were fire is turned vp.
(Out of the same earth cometh/comes bread, and under it, as it were fire is turned up. )

CB He bryngeth foode out of the earth, & yt which is vnder, consumeth he with fyre.
(He bringeth/brings foode out of the earth, and it which is under, consumeth he with fyre.)

WYC The erthe, wher of breed cam forth in his place, is destried bi fier.
(The earth, wher of breed came forth in his place, is destried by fier.)

LUT Man bringet auch Feuer unten aus der Erde, da doch oben Speise auf wächst.
(Man bringet also fire unten out of the earth, there though/but oben food on wächst.)

CLV Terra de qua oriebatur panis, in loco suo igni subversa est.[fn]
(Terra about which oriebatur panis, in instead his_own igni subversa est.)

28.5 Terra de qua oriebatur. Quia Judæa et prius habuit legem quæ reficeret, et post visis miraculis Redemptoris, invidiam quæ concremaret.

28.5 Terra about which oriebatur. Quia Yudæa and first/before habuit legem which reficeret, and after visis miraculis Redemptoris, invidiam which concremaret.

BRN As for the earth, out of it shall come bread: under it has been turned up as it were fire.

BrLXX Γῆ, ἐξ αὐτῆς ἐξελεύσεται ἄρτος, ὑποκάτω αὐτῆς ἐστράφη ὡσεὶ πῦρ.
(Gaʸ, ex autaʸs exeleusetai artos, hupokatō autaʸs estrafaʸ hōsei pur. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

אֶ֗רֶץ מִמֶּ֥⁠נָּה יֵֽצֵא־לָ֑חֶם וְ֝⁠תַחְתֶּ֗י⁠הָ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ כְּמוֹ־אֵֽשׁ

earth/land from=her/it comes food and,underneath,it turned_up as fire

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. In this verse, Job is drawing a contrast between the ordinary activities that take place on the surface of the earth and the extraordinary, dangerous activities that take place in mines below the earth. Alternate translation: “People grow food on the surface of the earth, but below the surface, people transform the earth by means such as fire”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

לָ֑חֶם

food

Job is using one kind of food, bread, to mean food in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “food”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ כְּמוֹ־אֵֽשׁ

turned_up as fire

Job is speaking as if miners literally overturned the earth, that is, put on top what had been on the bottom. He is speaking generally of how miners reshape the terrain in which they work. (This could include actual overturning in some cases.) If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the terrain is reshaped as with fire” or “miners reshape the terrain as with fire”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ כְּמוֹ־אֵֽשׁ

turned_up as fire

Job assumes that his friends will understand that he is using the term fire to refer to an ancient mining practice. Miners would build fires against the walls of mines to heat the rock. They would then splash water against the heated rock to cause it to crack. This allowed them to extract ore more readily. You could say that explicitly if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “miners reshape the terrain as they heat rock with fire and then douse it with water to crack it”

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