Job 28:3

An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

In Context

2Iron from the dust is taken, And [from] the firm stone brass.

4A stream hath broken out from a sojourner, Those forgotten of the foot, They were low, from man they wandered.

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Cross References

Job 3:5Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

Job 12:22Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.

Proverbs 2:4If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,

Habakkuk 2:13Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?

Luke 16:8'And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.

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 →

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