Job 28:2
Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
In Context
1“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
3Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
Cross References
Genesis 4:22And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
Deuteronomy 8:9a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to 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 →