Job 28:3
An end doth he set to darkness, and the very utmost limit doth he search out, the stones of darkness, and of the shadow of death.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
2Iron is taken out of the dust, and the stone is melted into copper.
Cross References
Job 3:5Oh that darkness and the shadow of death might defile it; may a cloud rest upon it; may the blackness of the day terrify it.
Job 12:22He layeth open deep things from the midst of darkness, and bringeth out unto light the shadow of death.
Proverbs 2:4If thou wilt seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:
Habakkuk 2:13Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts that people shall labor for the very fire, and nations shall weary themselves for naught but vanity!
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 →