Job 28:3

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

An end he has set for the darkness, yet to every limit he is searching out, a stone in darkness and the shadow of death.

Latin

Tempus posuit tenebris, et universorum finem ipse considerat: lapidem quoque caliginis et umbram mortis.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Job 28:1–28

This section is an isolated speech. There is no speaker listed, so it might continue from earlier words. Some see it as a creative summary by the author of Job. It emphasizes the limits of human wisdom and sets the stage for the Lord's speeches.

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
Proverbs 2:4
…if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
Job 12:22
He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
Luke 16:8
The 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.
Job 10:21–22
…before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,
Habakkuk 2:13
Is 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?
Job 38:16–17
Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?

Glossary

Book of Baruch Book of Job

Topics

Darkness: Abstruse and Deep Subjects Select Readings: Nature's Testimony The Earth: Full of Minerals

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