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Job 28:3

1 “Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

2 Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.

Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.

4 Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.

5 Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
KJV
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
WEB
Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
ASV
[Man] setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
DARBY
[Man] putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.
BLB
An end he has set for the darkness, yet to every limit he is searching out, a stone in darkness and the shadow of death.
ÅB
De gjør ende på mørket, og inn i de innerste kroker gransker de steiner som ligger i det sorte mørke;
OTB
Mennesket gjør ende på mørket,
Og til den ytterste grense leter han
Etter stein i mørke og dyp skygge.
B1930
De gjør ende på mørket, og inn i de innerste kroker gransker de stener som ligger i det sorte mørke;

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