Job 28:4

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    He cuts a shaft far from where people dwell; forgotten by travelers, they dangle and swing to and fro far from humankind.

  • 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.

  • 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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