Job 28:3 “Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for o…”

Job 28:3

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

American Standard Version

Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

Geneva Bible 1599

God putteth an end to darkenesse, and he tryeth the perfection of all things: he setteth a bond of darkenesse, and of the shadowe of death.

Darby Translation

[Man] putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.

Young's Literal Translation

An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.

Bible in Basic English

Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.

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Cross references

“searcheth”

Ecclesiastes 1:13 Proverbs 2:4 Habakkuk 2:13 Matthew 6:33 Luke 16:8

Ecclesiastes 1:13 · BSB

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

Proverbs 2:4 · BSB

if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

Habakkuk 2:13 · BSB

Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?

Matthew 6:33 · BSB

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Luke 16:8 · BSB

The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.

“the stones”

Job 12:22 Job 10:21 Job 10:22 Job 38:16 Job 38:17

Job 12:22 · BSB

He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.

Job 10:21 · BSB

before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,

Job 10:22 · BSB

to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

Job 38:16 · BSB

Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?

Job 38:17 · BSB

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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