Job 28:4
He cuts a shaft far from where people dwell; forgotten by travelers, they dangle and swing to and fro far from humankind.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
KJV1611 – Modern English
The flood breaks out from the dweller; even the waters forgotten by the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from mankind.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
He breaketh open{H6555} a shaft{H5158} away from where men sojourn;{H1481} They are forgotten{H7911} of the foot;{H7272} They hang{H1809} afar{H5128} from men,{H582} they swing to and fro.
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
The flood{H5158} breaketh out{H6555}{(H8804)} from the inhabitant{H1481}{(H8802)}; even the waters forgotten{H7911}{(H8737)} of the foot{H7272}: they are dried up{H1809}{(H8804)}, they are gone away{H5128}{(H8804)} from men{H582}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
wt the ryuer of water parteth he a sunder the straunge people, yt knoweth no good neghbourheade: soch as are rude, vnmanerly & boysteous.
Geneva Bible (1560)
The flood breaketh out against the inhabitant, and the waters forgotten of the foote, being higher then man, are gone away.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
He causeth the fluddes to breake out against the inhabitant, and the waters forgotten of the foote, beyng hygher then man, are gone away.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; [even the waters] forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
Webster's Bible (1833)
He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
A stream hath broken out from a sojourner, Those forgotten of the foot, They were low, from man they wandered.
American Standard Version (1901)
He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
American Standard Version (1901)
He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
He makes a deep mine far away from those living in the light of day; when they go about on the earth, they have no knowledge of those who are under them, who are hanging far from men, twisting from side to side on a cord.
World English Bible (2000)
He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Far from where people live he sinks a shaft, in places travelers have long forgotten, far from other people he dangles and sways.
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