Job 28:5

Verse 5. In its, and so forth Hebrew and Septuagint “and under it is turned up as it were fire,” which lies in it. Bible.—Fire, like Sodom; to which event Job alludes, Calmet. 22:20. Calmet.—The furnaces to melt various metals have taken the place of corn, and occupy the land. Menochius.—Men have extracted bitumen, and so forth even from the lake of Sodom. Pliny vii. 15.—Nothing escapes them. Calmet.