He reveals mysteries from the darkness and brings the deepest darkness into the light.
Job 28:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised A miner puts an end to the darkness; he probes the deepest recesses for ore in the gloomy darkness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out all perfection: The stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Man sets an end to darkness, and he searches out the farthest bounds for the ore buried in gloom and deep darkness. American Standard Version (1901) Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness. Common English Bible Humans put an end to darkness, dig for ore to the farthest depths, into stone in utter darkness, 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
He reveals mysteries from the darkness and brings the deepest darkness into the light.
He cuts a shaft far from human habitation, in places unknown to those who walk above ground. Suspended far away from people, the miners swing back and forth.
May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it. May what darkens the day terrify it.
I applied my mind to examine and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.
Is it not from the Lord of Armies that the peoples labour only to fuel the fire and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?
But seek first the kingdom of God , and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.
‘The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this age are more shrewd than the children of light in dealing with their own people.