Job 28:4
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.
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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
- KJV
- The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants [of the earth]: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover.
- BLB
- He opens a shaft away from habitation; those forgotten by the foot, they hang down away from man, and they sway.
- ÅB
- de bryter en sjakt langt borte fra menneskers bolig; der ferdes de glemt, dypt under menneskers føtter; der henger de og svever langt borte fra mennesker.
- OTB
- Han synker en sjakt langt fra bebyggelse,
Glemt av foten;
De henger og svinger frem og tilbake langt fra folk. - B1930
- de bryter en sjakt langt borte fra menneskers bolig; der ferdes de glemt, dypt under menneskers føtter; der henger de og svever langt borte fra mennesker.