4Far from where people dwell he cuts a shaft, in places forgotten by the foot of man; far from men he dangles and sways.


In Context

1 "There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

2 Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.

3 Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for ore in the blackest darkness.

4 Far from where people dwell he cuts a shaft, in places forgotten by the foot of man; far from men he dangles and sways.

5 The earth, from which food comes, is transformed below as by fire;

6 sapphires come from its rocks, and its dust contains nuggets of gold.

Job 28:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:4The flood divideth from the people that are on their journey, those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:4He 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:4He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants of the earth: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:4He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; they are forgotten of the foot that passeth by; they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:4The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant: even the waters forgotten by the foot: they are dried up, they have gone away from men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:4He 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:4A stream hath broken out from a sojourner, Those forgotten of the foot, They were low, from man they wandered.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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