Job 28:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.”
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“Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 28:3 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 3:5May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
- Job 10:21before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,
- Job 12:22He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
- Job 38:16Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
- Proverbs 2:4if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
- Ecclesiastes 1:13And 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!
- Habakkuk 2:13Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
- Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- Luke 16:8The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
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