Job 28:1–3
Job Continues: Where Is Wisdom?
28 “Surely there is a mine for silver,
and a place for gold that they yrefine.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth,
and copper is smelted from the ore.
and searches out to the farthest limit
Job 28:1–3 — The New International Version (NIV)
1 There is a mine for silver
and a place where gold is refined.
2 Iron is taken from the earth,
and copper is smelted from ore.
3 Mortals put an end to the darkness;
they search out the farthest recesses
for ore in the blackest darkness.
Job 28:1–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
1 Surely there is a vein for the silver,
And a place for gold where they fine it.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth,
And brass is molten out of the stone.
3 He setteth an end to darkness,
And searcheth out all perfection:
The stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
Job 28:1–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)
1 “People know where to mine silver
and how to refine gold.
2 They know where to dig iron from the earth
and how to smelt copper from rock.
3 They know how to shine light in the darkness
and explore the farthest regions of the earth
as they search in the dark for ore.
Job 28:1–3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
1 “Surely there is a mine for silver,
And a place where gold is refined.
2 Iron is taken from the earth,
And copper is smelted from ore.
3 Man puts an end to darkness,
And searches every recess
For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.
Job 28:1–3 — New Century Version (NCV)
1 “There are mines where people dig silver
and places where gold is made pure.
2 Iron is taken from the ground,
and copper is melted out of rocks.
3 Miners bring lights
and search deep into the mines
for ore in thick darkness.
Job 28:1–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)
1 Surely there is a mine for silver,
And a place for gold which they refine.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth,
And copper is molten out of the stone.
3 Man setteth an end to darkness,
And searcheth out, to the furthest bound,
The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
Job 28:1–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine; 2 Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone. 3 Man putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.
Job 28:1–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
1 “There is a place where silver is mined
and a place where gold is refined.
2 Iron is taken from the ground,
and rocks are melted for ⸤their⸥ copper.
3 ⸤Humans⸥ bring an end to darkness ⸤there⸥
and search to the limit of the gloomy, pitch-black rock.
Job 28:1–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
1 Surely there is a mine for silver
and a place where gold is refined.
2 Iron is taken from the ground,
and copper is smelted from ore.
3 A miner puts an end to the darkness;
he probes the deepest recesses
for ore in the gloomy darkness.
Job 28:1–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
1 “Surely there is a mine for silver,
and a place for gold to be refined.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth,
and copper is smelted from ore.
3 Miners put an end to darkness,
and search out to the farthest bound
the ore in gloom and deep darkness.
Job 28:1–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
1 “Indeed, there is a mine for silver
and a place for gold to be refined.
2 Iron is taken from dust,
and he pours out copper from ore.
3 He puts an end to darkness,
and he searches out the farthest limits
for the ore in gloom and deep shadow.
Job 28:1–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
1 “There are mines where silver is found.
There are places where gold is purified.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth.
Copper is melted down from ore.
3 A miner lights up the darkness.
He searches for ore in the deepest pits.
He looks for it in the blackest darkness.
Job 28:1–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
1 “Surely there is a mine for silver
And a place where they refine gold.
2 “Iron is taken from the dust,
And copper is smelted from rock.
3 “Man puts an end to darkness,
And to the farthest limit he searches out
The rock in gloom and deep shadow.