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Job 28:3

1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.

2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

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

5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were 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;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 1:13

    And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

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  • Job 38:16–17

    Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

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  • Proverbs 2:4

    If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

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  • Job 12:22

    He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

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  • Matthew 6:33

    But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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  • Job 10:21–22

    Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

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  • Habakkuk 2:13

    Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

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  • Luke 16:8

    And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

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