21 Bible Verses about Excavation

And he said, The seven young sheep, shalt thou take at my hand, - that they may serve as my witness, that I digged this well.

And as for all the wells which the servants of his father digged, in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stepped them up, and filled them with dust.

A well! - princes digged it, Nobles of the people, delved it, With a sceptre, With their staves. And, from the desert, to Mattanah;

And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, - and found there a well of living water.

And they digged another well, and they disputed over that also, - so he called the name thereof Sitnah.

And he moved on from thence and digged another well, and they disputed not for it, - so he called the name thereof. Rehoboth, and said, For, now, hath Yahweh made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

So he builded there all altar and called on the name of Yahweh, and spread out there, his rent, - and the servants of Isaac cut out there a well.

And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink, - for they could not drink of the water of the river.

And he thoroughly digged it, And gathered out the stones thereof, And planted it with a precious vine, And built a tower in the midst thereof, Moreover also a wine-press, hewed he therein, - Then waited he that it should bring forth grapes. And it brought forth wild grapes:

Then said he unto m Son of man Break I pray thee through the wall. So I broke through the wall, and lo! a single opening.

Hearken unto me, Ye that pursue righteousness, Ye that seek Yahweh, - Look well unto the rock whence ye were hewn, And unto the quarry whence ye were digged:

Who long for death, and it is not, And have digged for it, beyond hid treasures:

Though they break through into hades, from thence, shall my hand fetch them, - and, though they ascend the heavens, from thence, will I bring them down;

Another parable, hear ye: - A man there was, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and, a wall around it, placed, and digged in it a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, - and left home.

But, he who the one had received, went away, and digged up ground, and hid the silver of his lord.

And, buying a fine Indian cloth, he took him down, and wrapped him about with the cloth, and laid him in a tomb, which had been hewn out of a rock, - and rolled near a stone upon the door of the tomb.

And, he, answering, saith unto him - Sir! let it alone this year also, until such time as I dig about it, and throw in manure, -

And the steward said within himself - What shall I do, because my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? Dig, I cannot: to beg, I am ashamed.

Though there is, for silver, a vein, and a place for the gold they refine;

An end, hath one set to the darkness, and, into every extremity, is, he, making search, for the stone of darkness and death-shade; He hath sunken a shaft, away from the inhabitants; Places forsaken by the foot, they hang down, away from men, sway to and fro; As for the earth, out of it, cometh forth bread, and, under it, is upturned, as it were fire;read more.
The place of sapphires, are the stones thereof, and it hath, nuggets of gold: - A path, the vulture hath not discerned, nor hath the eye of the hawk scanned it; Ravenous beasts have not made a track thereof, neither hath the lion marched thereon: Upon the flint, hath he thrust forth his hand, He hath turned up mountains by the roots; Among the rocks, hath he cut open streams, and, every precious thing, hath his eye seen: From trickling, he restraineth, rivers, and, some hidden thing, is he bringing out to light.

Among the rocks, hath he cut open streams, and, every precious thing, hath his eye seen: