KJV ORIGINAL
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
The earth produces bread on its surface, but underneath it's like everything is turned upside down by fire.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse describes how the earth has two faces - it grows food on top, but underneath it's a world of burning chaos.
📚 Historical Context
Job is reflecting on the mysteries of creation and God's hidden wisdom. In ancient times, people observed that while the earth's surface produced crops and sustenance, mining revealed a completely different world underground with metals, precious stones, and evidence of intense heat and pressure. This was part of Job's larger meditation on how God's ways are beyond human understanding.
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