Job 28:3
[Man] putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.
Cross References
Job 3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.
Job 12:22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;
Proverbs 2:4if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:
Habakkuk 2:13Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
Luke 16:8And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light.
Matthew Henry on Job 28:2-12
Extent of Human Discoveries. ( b. c. 1520.) 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. 3 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… Read the whole commentary →