“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.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Job 28 contains 28 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.