Job 28:3
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"[Man] putsשָׂ֤ם
(sam)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
an endקֵ֤ץ
(ketz)
7093: endfrom qatsats
to darkness,לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ
(la·cho·shech)
2822: darkness, obscurityfrom chashak
And to the farthestוּֽלְכָל־
(u·le·chol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
limitתַּ֭כְלִית
(tach·lit)
8503: end, completenessfrom kalah
he searchesחֹוקֵ֑ר
(cho·v·ker;)
2713: to searcha prim. root
out The rockאֶ֖בֶן
(e·ven)
68: a stonea prim. root
in gloomאֹ֣פֶל
(o·fel)
652: darkness, gloomfrom an unused word
and deep shadow.וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃
(ve·tzal·ma·vet.)
6757: death-like shadow, deep shadowfrom tsel and maveth


















KJV Lexicon
He setteth
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
an end
qets  (kates)
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after -- + after, (utmost) border, end, (in-)finite, process.
to darkness
choshek  (kho-shek')
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
and searcheth out
chaqar  (khaw-kar')
to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately -- find out, (make) search (out), seek (out), sound, try.
all perfection
takliyth  (tak-leeth')
completion; by implication, an extremity -- end, perfect(-ion).
the stones
'eben  (eh'-ben)
a stone -- + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
of darkness
'ophel  (o'fel)
dusk -- darkness, obscurity, privily.
and the shadow of death
tsalmaveth  (tsal-maw'-veth)
shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity) -- shadow of death.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Man puts an end to darkness, And to the farthest limit he searches out The rock in gloom and deep shadow.

King James Bible
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A miner puts an end to the darkness; he probes the deepest recesses for ore in the gloomy darkness.

International Standard Version
Mankind limits the darkness as they search the deepest depths for ore in unfathomable darkness.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Humans] bring an end to darkness [there] and search to the limit of the gloomy, pitch-black rock.

King James 2000 Bible
Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out all recesses for ore in darkness, and the shadow of death.
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