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Job 28:4

New American Standard Bible

4 β€œHe sinks a shaft away from inhabited areas, Forgotten by the foot; They hang and swing, away from people.

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American Standard Version

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.

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.

English Standard Version

He opens shafts in a valley away from where anyone lives; they are forgotten by travelers; they hang in the air, far away from mankind; they swing to and fro.

King James 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.

New International Version

Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft, in places untouched by human feet; far from other people they dangle and sway.

New King James Version

He breaks open a shaft away from people; In places forgotten by feet They hang far away from men; They swing to and fro.

New Living Translation

They sink a mine shaft into the earth far from where anyone lives. They descend on ropes, swinging back and forth.

World English Bible

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.