Catholic Public Domain Version
"He has established a time for darkness, and he has settled on an end for all things, as well as for the stone that is in the gloom and shadow of death. "
— Job 28:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.”
“Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness. ”
“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.”
Silver has its fissures where it is first found, and gold has a place where it is melted.
Iron is taken from the earth, and ore, unbound by heat, is turned into brass.
He has established a time for darkness, and he has settled on an end for all things, as well as for the stone that is in the gloom and shadow of death.
The burning separates a pilgrim people from those who have been forgotten by the feet of the destitute man and from the unapproachable.
The land, where bread appeared in its place, has been destroyed by fire.
Its stones are embedded with sapphires, and its soil, with gold.