2Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.


In Context

1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;

2 Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.

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

4 He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants of the earth: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover.

Job 28:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:2Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass [is] molten [out of] the stone.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:2Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:2Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:2Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:2Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:2Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is melted out of the stone.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:2Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:2Iron from the dust is taken, And from the firm stone brass.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:2Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.