Job 28:5 meaning and explanation

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

Job 28:5, Berean Standard Bible

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Job is speaking in this wisdom poem, describing how miners work the earth. The surface yields food, but underneath, the ground is turned over as if by fire, a picture of rock and ore heated and broken apart deep in the shaft.

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