Job 28:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 28:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 28:5 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 28:5 — KJV
“As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.”
— Job 28:5 (KJV)
Job 28:5 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 28:5
“He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.”
Shares key themes with Job 28:5: earth, under, fire
“I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”
Shares key themes with Job 28:5: bread, under, turned
“Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.”
Shares key themes with Job 28:5: earth, under, fire
“And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? considereth...: Heb. setteth to his heart the stock...: Heb. that which comes of a tree?”
Shares key themes with Job 28:5: bread, under, fire
“For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:”
Shares key themes with Job 28:5: earth, cometh, bread
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