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King James Version
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
New American Standard Bible
And
The rock in gloom and deep shadow.
Holman Bible
he probes
for ore in the gloomy darkness.
International Standard Version
Mankind limits the darkness as they search the deepest depths for ore in unfathomable darkness.
A Conservative Version
[Man] sets an end to darkness, and searches out to the furthest bound the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
American Standard Version
Man'setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
Amplified
“Man puts an end to darkness [by bringing in a light],
And to the farthest bounds he searches out
The rock buried in gloom and deep shadow.
Bible in Basic English
Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.
Darby Translation
Man putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.
Julia Smith Translation
He set an end to darkness, and he searched out for all completeness: the stone of darkness and the shadow of death.
King James 2000
Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out all recesses for ore in darkness, and the shadow of death.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He puts an end to darkness, and he searches out the farthest limits [for the] ore [in] gloom and deep shadow.
Modern King James verseion
He sets an end to darkness, and to every extremity He searches out the stones of darkness and the shadow of death.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The darkness shall once come to an end: he can seek out the ground of all things; the stones, the dark, and the shadow of death.
NET Bible
Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness.
New Heart English Bible
Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
The Emphasized Bible
An end, hath one set to the darkness, and, into every extremity, is, he, making search, for the stone of darkness and death-shade;
Webster
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shades of death.
World English Bible
Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
Youngs Literal Translation
An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.
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Context Readings
Job's Discourse On Wisdom
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. 4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
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Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Job 10:21-22
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Job 12:22
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
Job 38:16-17
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
Proverbs 2:4
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
Habakkuk 2:13
Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Luke 16:8
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.