Job 28:3

New International Reader's Version

Human beings light up the darkness. They search for ore in the deepest pits. They look for it in the blackest darkness.

Cross References

Job 12:22

He tells people the secrets of darkness. He brings total darkness out into the light.

Job 28:2

Iron is taken out of the earth. Copper is melted down from ore.

Job 28:4

Far from where people live they cut a tunnel. They do it in places where other people don’t go. Far away from people they swing back and forth on ropes.

Job 3:5

May gloom and total darkness take it back. May a cloud settle over it. May blackness cover it up.

Proverbs 2:4

Look for it as you would look for silver. Search for it as you would search for hidden treasure.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I decided to study things carefully. I used my wisdom to check everything out. I looked into everything that is done on earth. What a heavy load God has put on human beings!

Habakkuk 2:13

I am the Lord who rules over all. Human effort is no better than wood that feeds a fire. So the nations wear themselves out for nothing.

Matthew 6:33

But put God’s kingdom first. Do what he wants you to do. Then all those things will also be given to you.

Luke 16:8

“The manager had not been honest. But the master praised him for being clever. The people of this world are clever in dealing with those who are like themselves. They are more clever than God’s people.