Job 28:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.”
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BSBPD
“Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Iron from the dust is taken, And <FI>from<Fi> the firm stone brass.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 28:2 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 4:22And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
- Numbers 31:22Only the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—
- Deuteronomy 8:9a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.
- 1 Chronicles 22:14Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
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