American Standard Version
"Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness. "
— Job 28:3, American Standard Version
“He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.”
“Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.”
“Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness.”
“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.”
“Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.”
“He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.”
Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.
Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.
Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.