3Man'setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.


In Context

1 Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.

2 Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.

3 Man'setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

4 He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.

5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

Job 28:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:3He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:3Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for ore in the blackest darkness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:3He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:3Man putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:3Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:3He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shades of death.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:3Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:3An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:3He sets an end to darkness, and searches out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.