Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Iron, out of the ore, is taken, and, stone, poureth out copper;
New American Standard Bible
And copper is smelted from rock.
King James Version
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
Holman Bible
and copper is smelted from ore.
International Standard Version
Iron is taken from the ground; and copper is smelted from ore.
A Conservative Version
Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is molten out of the stone.
American Standard Version
Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.
Amplified
“Iron is taken out of the earth,
And copper is smelted from the stone ore.
Bible in Basic English
Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.
Darby Translation
Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.
Julia Smith Translation
Iron shall be taken from the dust, and stone will pour out brass.
King James 2000
Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Iron is taken from dust, and he pours out copper [from] ore.
Modern King James verseion
Iron is taken out of the earth, and bronze is melted out of the stone.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
where iron is digged out of the ground, and stones resolved to metal.
NET Bible
Iron is taken from the ground, and rock is poured out as copper.
New Heart English Bible
Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
Webster
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is melted out of the stone.
World English Bible
Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
Youngs Literal Translation
Iron from the dust is taken, And from the firm stone brass.
Themes
Art » Primitive » Of the smelter of metals
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Smelters
Arts of the » Smelter of metals
Iron » First recorded use of » Stones of
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 28:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Discourse On Wisdom
1 Though there is, for silver, a vein, and a place for the gold they refine; 2 Iron, out of the ore, is taken, and, stone, poureth out copper; 3 An end, hath one set to the darkness, and, into every extremity, is, he, making search, for the stone of darkness and death-shade;
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:9
a land wherein not in scarcity, shalt thou eat food, thou shalt lack nothing therein, - a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest hew copper.
Genesis 4:22
And, as for Zillah, she also, bare Tubal-Cain, a sharpener of every cutting instrument of bronze and iron, - and, the sister of Tubal-Cain, was Naamah.
Numbers 31:22
Surely the gold and the silver, - the bronze the iron, the tin and the lead,
1 Chronicles 22:14
Lo! then, in my humiliation, have I prepared for the house of Yahweh, of gold a hundred thousand talents, and of silver a thousand thousand talents, and, as for bronze and iron, without weight, for, an abundance, hath it become, - timber also and stone, have I prepared, and, thereunto, thou canst add.