Job 28:4

American Standard Version

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.

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Job 28:4 in other translations

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.

Job 28:4 · World English Bible

Job 28:4 in context

  1. 2Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.
  2. 3Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
  3. 4He 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.
  4. 5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
  5. 6The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.