Bible verse
Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
Job 28:5 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 28.
1 “Surely 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 probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
4 Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
5 Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
6 Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
7 No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
8 Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
9 The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
KJV
[As for] the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
ASV
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
ERV
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
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