Job 28:2
Iron is extracted from the earth and copper is smelted from its ore.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
In Context
1“There are silver mines and places where gold is refined.
Cross References
Genesis 4:22Zillah also had a son. He was named Tubal-cain and he was a blacksmith, making different kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. Tubal-cain's sister was named Naamah.
Deuteronomy 8:9It's a land where you won't run out of food, where you will have everything you need; a land whose rocks contain iron ore and whose hills can be mined for copper.
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 →