Job 28:5
Strong's Lexicon
Food
לָ֑חֶם (lā·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3899: 1) bread, food, grain 1a) bread 1a1) bread 1a2) bread-corn 1b) food (in general)

may come
יֵֽצֵא־ (yê·ṣê-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: 1) to go out, come out, exit, go forth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come out or forth, depart 1a2) to go forth (to a place) 1a3) to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something) 1a4) to come or go forth (with purpose or for result) 1a5) to come out of 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out 1b2) to bring out of 1b3) to lead out 1b4) to deliver 1c) (Hophal) to be brought out or forth

from
מִמֶּ֥נָּה (mim·men·nāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that

the earth,
אֶ֗רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan

but from below
וְ֝תַחְתֶּ֗יהָ (wə·ṯaḥ·te·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8478: 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m 1a) the under part adv accus 1b) beneath prep 1c) under, beneath 1c1) at the foot of (idiom) 1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig) 1c3) of subjection or conquest 1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands 1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun) 1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense) 1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged) conj 1e) instead of, instead of that 1f) in return for that, because that in compounds 1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion) 1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath

it is transformed
נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ (neh·paḵ)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2015: 1) to turn, overthrow, overturn 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to overturn, overthrow 1a2) to turn, turn about, turn over, turn around 1a3) to change, transform 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to turn oneself, turn, turn back 1b2) to change oneself 1b3) to be perverse 1b4) to be turned, be turned over, be changed, be turned against 1b5) to be reversed 1b6) to be overturned, be overthrown 1b7) to be upturned 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to transform oneself 1c2) to turn this way and that, turn every way 1d) (Hophal) to turn on someone

as
כְּמוֹ־ (kə·mōw-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 3644: adv 1) like, as, the like of which conj 2) when, according as, as it were

by fire.
אֵֽשׁ׃ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: 1) fire 1a) fire, flames 1b) supernatural fire (accompanying theophany) 1c) fire (for cooking, roasting, parching) 1d) altar-fire 1e) God's anger (fig.)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.

Young's Literal Translation
The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Food may come from  the earth, but below the surface the earth is transformed as  by fire.

New American Standard Bible
"The earth, from it comes food, And underneath it is turned up as fire.

King James Bible
[As for] the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The earth, from which food comes, is transformed below as by fire;

New Living Translation
Food is grown on the earth above, but down below, the earth is melted as by fire.

English Standard Version
As for the earth, out of it comes bread, but underneath it is turned up as by fire.

New American Standard Bible
"The earth, from it comes food, And underneath it is turned up as fire.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Food may come from the earth, but below the surface the earth is transformed as by fire.

International Standard Version
"While the ground produces food, underneath it is torn up and burning hot,

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

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire.
















Cross References
Job 28:4
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

Job 28:6
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.

Psalm 104:14
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 28:3
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

Job 28:2
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.

Job 28:7
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

Job 28:8
The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
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