The earth, from which food comes, is overturned below as though by fire; ¹ 

biblegateway Job 28:5

"The earth, from it comes food, And underneath it is turned up as fire.

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

"Above the ground food grows, but beneath it the food decays as if it were burned by fire.

biblegateway Job 28:5

The earth, from which food comes, is transformed below as by fire;

As for the earth, out of it comes bread, but underneath it is turned up as by fire.

bibleoremus Job 28:5

As for the earth, out of it comes bread; but underneath it is turned up as by fire.

While grain is springing from the earth above, what lies beneath is turned over like a fire,

biblegateway Job 28:5

As for the earth, from it comes bread, But underneath it is turned up as by fire;

[As for] the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

biblegateway Job 28:5

The earth, from which food comes, is overturned below as though by fire; ¹ 

¹ sn The verse has been properly understood, on the whole, as comparing the earth above and all its produce with the upheaval down below.