Job 28:3

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Job 12:22

He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light.

Job 28:2

Iron is taken from the ground, and rock is poured out as copper.

Job 28:4

Far from where people live he sinks a shaft, in places travelers have long forgotten, far from other people he dangles and sways.

Job 3:5

Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

Proverbs 2:4

if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I decided to carefully and thoroughly examine all that has been accomplished on earth. I concluded: God has given people a burdensome task that keeps them occupied.

Habakkuk 2:13

Be sure of this! The Lord who commands armies has decreed: The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.

Matthew 6:33

But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Luke 16:8

The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.