Job 28:3
He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.
Cross References
Job 3:5Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.
Job 12:22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth up to light the shadow of death.
Proverbs 2:4If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure:
Habakkuk 2:13Are not these things from the Lord of hosts? for the people shall labour in a great fire: and the nations in vain, and they shall faint.
Luke 16:8And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children 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 →