Job 28:3

English Standard Version 2016

Man puts an end to darkness and searches out to the farthest limit the ore in gloom and deep darkness.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:13

And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

Luke 16:8

The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts that peoples labor merely for fire, and nations weary themselves for nothing?

Proverbs 2:4

if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,

Job 12:22

He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light.

Job 28:2

Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from the ore.

Job 28:4

He opens shafts in a valley away from where anyone lives; they are forgotten by travelers; they hang in the air, far away from mankind; they swing to and fro.

Job 3:5

Let gloom and deep darkness claim it. Let clouds dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.