Verse 28
Bread = Corn. Bread is put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), for the corn of which it is made. Compare Job 28:5 .
bruised = crushed: i.e. reduced to powder. Compare Exodus 32:20 . 2 Kings 23:6 . Render, as a question: Is corn crushed? because = nay. The Hebrew accent t ebir is disjunctive and requires this rendering. Compare Revised Version margin, and Job 22:2 .
ever = for ever.
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