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He 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.
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The Dangerous Work of Miners
Commentators agree this verse is difficult to translate, but the most likely meaning describes the incredible and dangerous work of ancient miners. They would dig shafts far from civilization, in places 'forgotten of the foot,' where they had to suspend themselves by ropes, swinging 'to and fro' deep in the earth. This imagery highlights the extreme lengths humanity will go to in its search for treasure.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant—It would be difficult to tell what idea our translators affixed to this sentence, though it seems…
19th Century
Anglican
The flood breaketh out ... is very uncertain. We may render, Man breaketh open a shaft where none sojourneth; they are forgott…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The flood breaks out from the inhabitant Or, "so that there is no inhabitant" F26 ; of the mine, as the m…
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13th Century
Catholic
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