Job 28:3
He setteth a ketz to choshech, 1 and searcheth out all extremities, 1 the even (ore) of darkness and tzalmavet. 1
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In Context
2Barzel (iron) is taken out of aphar, 1 and nechoshet is smelted out of the even (stone, ore). 1
Cross References
Job 3:5As for that lailah, 1 let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the yamim of the shanah, 1 let it not come into the number of the months. 1
Job 12:22He uncovers the depths of choshech, 1 and bringeth tzalmavet to light. 1
Proverbs 2:4If thou seekest her as kesef, 1 and searchest for her as for matmonim (hidden treasures); 1
Habakkuk 2:13Hinei, is it not from Hashem Tzva'os 1 that the people shall labor only to feed the eish, 1 and the people shall weary themselves in vain? 1
Luke 16:8And the Baal Bayit praised the unrighteous sochen because he acted with chochmah. Because the Bnei HaOlam HaZeh have more seichel in dealing with their own generation than the Bnei HaOhr. + 16:8 Ps 17:14; 18:26
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 →