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Job 28:4

Job 28:4
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant,.... Or, "so that there is no inhabitant" (z); of the mine, as the miner may…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant - It would be difficult to tell what idea our translators affixed to this…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 28:1-11

Here Job shows, 1. What a great way the wit of man may go in diving into the depths of nature and seizing the riches of…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

This verse reads as a whole,

They break a shaft away from man's abode;

They are forgotten of the foot;

Far away from…