KJV ORIGINAL
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Floodwaters burst forth far from where people live; in places so remote that no human foot has ever walked there, the waters flow and then dry up, completely separated from human contact.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse describes how powerful waters flow in hidden, remote places where no humans have ever been - showing God's work in places beyond human reach.
📚 Historical Context
Job is speaking poetically about mining and the search for wisdom in chapter 28. He's describing how miners dig deep shafts and work in dangerous, remote places to find precious metals and gems. This verse likely refers to underground water sources that miners encounter in deep mine shafts, far from normal human habitation.
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