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As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
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Earth's Two Treasures
Commentators explain that this verse contrasts two amazing feats of human ingenuity. On the surface, humanity has the wisdom to cultivate the earth to produce life-sustaining bread. Simultaneously, deep beneath that same surface, they have the skill to mine for valuable resources, revealing a hidden world.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
As for the earth ... —While the ploughman and the reaper till and gather the fruits of the earth on its surface, the mine…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[As for] the earth, out of it comes bread That is, bread corn, or corn of which bread is made particularly wheat; wh…
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Job maintained that the arrangements of Providence are regulated by the highest wisdom. To confirm this, he showed how much knowledge and wealth pe…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
