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Man setteth an end to darkness,
And searcheth out, to the furthest bound,
The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
[a]He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn;
They are forgotten of the foot;
They hang afar from men, they [b]swing to and fro.
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread;
And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:4 Or, The flood breaketh out from where men sojourn; Even the waters forgotten of the foot: They are diminished, they are gone away from man
  2. Job 28:4 Or, flit