Job 28:4
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"He sinksפָּ֤רַץ
(pa·ratz)
6555: to break througha prim. root
a shaftנַ֨חַל
(na·chal)
5158a: torrent, torrent-valley, wadiof uncertain derivation
far from habitation,גָּ֗ר
(gar)
1481a: to sojourna prim. root
Forgottenהַֽנִּשְׁכָּחִ֥ים
(han·nish·ka·chim)
7911: to forgeta prim. root
by the foot;רָ֑גֶל
(ra·gel;)
7272: footof uncertain derivation
They hangדַּ֖לּוּ
(dal·lu)
1809: to hang, be low, languisha prim. root
and swing to and froנָֽעוּ׃
(na·'u.)
5128: to quiver, wave, waver, tremble, tottera prim. root
far from men.מֵאֱנֹ֣ושׁ
(me·'e·no·vsh)
582: man, mankindfrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
The flood
nachal  (nakh'-al)
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine) -- brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
breaketh out
parats  (paw-rats')
to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)
from the inhabitant
guwr  (goor)
to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid)
even the waters forgotten
shakach  (shaw-kakh')
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention -- at all, (cause to) forget.
of the foot
regel  (reh'-gel)
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. the pudenda -- be able to endure, according as, after, coming, follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), great toe, haunt, journey, leg, piss, possession, time.
they are dried up
dalal  (daw-lal')
to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed -- bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin.
they are gone away
nuwa`  (noo'-ah)
to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
from men
'enowsh  (en-oshe')
a mortal; hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"He sinks a shaft far from habitation, Forgotten by the foot; They hang and swing to and fro far from men.

King James Bible
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He cuts a shaft far from human habitation, in places unknown to those who walk above ground. Suspended far away from people, the miners swing back and forth.

International Standard Version
He sinks his shaft far from human habitations, in a place forgotten by explorers; they hang on harnesses as they swing back and forth.

NET Bible
Far from where people live he sinks a shaft, in places travelers have long forgotten, far from other people he dangles and sways.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They open up a mineshaft far from civilization, where no one has set foot. [In this shaft] men dangle and swing back and forth.

King James 2000 Bible
He breaks open a shaft away from the inhabitants; even in places forgotten of the foot: they are gone away from men, they swing to and fro.
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