Job 28:3
New International Version
Mortals put an end to the darkness; they search out the farthest recesses for ore in the blackest darkness.

New Living Translation
They know how to shine light in the darkness and explore the farthest regions of the earth as they search in the dark for ore.

English Standard Version
Man puts an end to darkness and searches out to the farthest limit the ore in gloom and deep darkness.

Berean Standard Bible
Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.

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

New King James Version
Man puts an end to darkness, And searches every recess For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.

New American Standard Bible
Man puts an end to darkness, And to the farthest limit he searches out The rock in gloom and deep shadow.

NASB 1995
“Man puts an end to darkness, And to the farthest limit he searches out The rock in gloom and deep shadow.

NASB 1977
Man puts an end to darkness, And to the farthest limit he searches out The rock in gloom and deep shadow.

Legacy Standard Bible
Man puts an end to darkness, And to the farthest limit he searches out The rock in thick darkness and shadow of death.

Amplified Bible
Man puts an end to darkness [by bringing in a light], And to the farthest bounds he searches out The rock buried in gloom and deep shadow.

Christian Standard Bible
A miner puts an end to the darkness; he probes the deepest recesses for ore in the gloomy darkness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A miner puts an end to the darkness; he probes the deepest recesses for ore in the gloomy darkness.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He set an end for darkness and he knows the end to everything, the stone of a deep pit and the shadow of death

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He has set a bound to darkness, and he searches out every limit: a stone is darkness, and the shadow of death.

Contemporary English Version
Miners carry lanterns deep into the darkness to search for these metals.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He 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.

English Revised Version
Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Humans] bring an end to darkness [there] and search to the limit of the gloomy, pitch-black rock.

Good News Translation
Miners explore the deepest darkness. They search the depths of the earth And dig for rocks in the darkness.

International Standard Version
Mankind limits the darkness as they search the deepest depths for ore in unfathomable darkness.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out to the furthest bound The stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death.

Literal Standard Version
He has set an end to darkness, | And he is searching to all perfection, | A stone of darkness and death-shade.

Majority Standard Bible
Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.

New American Bible
He sets a boundary for the darkness; the farthest confines he explores.

NET Bible
Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness.

New Revised Standard Version
Miners put an end to darkness, and search out to the farthest bound the ore in gloom and deep darkness.

New Heart English Bible
Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

Webster's Bible Translation
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shades of death.

World English Bible
Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

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

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Context
Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
2Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore. 3Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness. 4Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.…

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

Job 28:4
Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.

Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!


Treasury of Scripture

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

searcheth

Proverbs 2:4
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

Habakkuk 2:13
Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

the stones

Job 10:21,22
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; …

Job 12:22
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

Job 38:16,17
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? …

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Job 28
1. There is a knowledge of natural things
12. But wisdom is an excellent gift of God














(3) He setteth an end to darkness.--May be read thus, Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of darkness and the shadow of death.

Verse 3. - He setteth an end to darkness. Man, in his desire to obtain these metals, "setteth an end to darkness," i.e. letteth in the light of day, or the artificial light which he carries with him, upon the natural abode of darkness, the inner parts of the earth. The miner's first operation is to pierce the ground with a shaft, perpendicular, horizontal, or oblique, as suits his purpose. Through this the light enters into what was previously pitch darkness. And searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death; rather, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death; explores, i.e. the entire murky regina within the earth, notwithstanding its fearful gloom and obscurity.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
[Man] puts
שָׂ֤ם (śām)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

an end
קֵ֤ץ ׀ (qêṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7093: An extremity, after

to the darkness;
לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ (la·ḥō·šeḵ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

he
ה֣וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

probes
חוֹקֵ֑ר (ḥō·w·qêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2713: To penetrate, to examine intimately

the farthest recesses
וּֽלְכָל־ (ū·lə·ḵāl-)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

for ore
אֶ֖בֶן (’e·ḇen)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 68: A stone

in deepest darkness.
אֹ֣פֶל (’ō·p̄el)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 652: Darkness, gloom


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