Man sets an end to darkness,
and searches out, to the furthest bound,
the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Job 28:3 in context
Job 28:1–6
1
“Surely there is a mine for silver,
and a place for gold which they refine.
2
Iron is taken out of the earth,
and copper is smelted out of the ore.
3
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Man sets an end to darkness,
and searches out, to the furthest bound,
the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
4
He breaks open a shaft away from where people live.
They are forgotten by the foot.
They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
5
As for the earth, out of it comes bread.
Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
6
Sapphires come from its rocks.
It has dust of gold.
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