Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“The earth, from it comes food,
And underneath it is turned up as fire.

King James Version

As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

Holman Bible

Food may come from the earth,
but below the surface the earth is transformed as by fire.

International Standard Version

"While the ground produces food, underneath it is torn up and burning hot,

A Conservative Version

As for the earth, out of it comes bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

American Standard Version

As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

Amplified


“[As for] the earth, out of it comes food,
But underneath [its surface, down deep] it is turned over as fire.

Bible in Basic English

As for the earth, bread comes out of it; but under its face it is turned up as if by fire.

Darby Translation

As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire;

Julia Smith Translation

The earth, from it will come forth bread, and under it was turned as fire.

King James 2000

As for the earth, out of it comes bread: but under it is turned up as it were fire.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[As for the] earth, from it comes food, but underneath it, it is turned up as [by] fire.

Modern King James verseion

As to the earth, out of it comes bread; and underneath it is turned up like fire.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He bringeth food out of the earth, and that which is under, consumeth he with fire.

NET Bible

The earth, from which food comes, is overturned below as though by fire;

New Heart English Bible

As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

The Emphasized Bible

As for the earth, out of it, cometh forth bread, and, under it, is upturned, as it were fire;

Webster

As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

World English Bible

As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

Youngs Literal Translation

The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
As for the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

out of it cometh
יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

and under it is turned up
הפך 
Haphak 
Usage: 94

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Job's Discourse On Wisdom

4 “He sinks a shaft far from habitation,
Forgotten by the foot;
They hang and swing to and fro far from men.
5 “The earth, from it comes food,
And underneath it is turned up as fire.
6 “Its rocks are the source of sapphires,
And its dust contains gold.


Cross References

Genesis 1:11-12

Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them”; and it was so.

Genesis 1:29

Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;

Psalm 104:14-15

He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,
And vegetation for the labor of man,
So that he may bring forth food from the earth,

Isaiah 28:25-29

Does he not level its surface
And sow dill and scatter cummin
And plant wheat in rows,
Barley in its place and rye within its area?

Ezekiel 28:13-14

“You were in Eden, the garden of God;
Every precious stone was your covering:
The ruby, the topaz and the diamond;
The beryl, the onyx and the jasper;
The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald;
And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets,
Was in you.
On the day that you were created
They were prepared.

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