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


In Context

1 "There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

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

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

4 Far from where people dwell he cuts a shaft, in places forgotten by the foot of man; far from men he dangles and sways.

5 The earth, from which food comes, is transformed below as 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 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:3Man'setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

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.