As for the earth, out of it cometh bread - That is, it produces food, or the materials for bread. Job's idea seems to be that it wa…

As for the earth ... —While the ploughman and the reaper till and gather the fruits of the earth on its surface, the mine…

[As for] the earth, out of it comes bread
That is, bread corn, or corn of which bread is made particularly wheat; wh…

Job maintained that the arrangements of Providence are regulated by the highest wisdom. To confirm this, he showed how much knowledge and wealth pe…

Previously, Job had shown how frail and perishable the lot is that the wicked receive from God (Job 27:13). Now, he intends to show, on…