Verse List for JOB 28:3

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Iyyov (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) People have ways to end the darkness. ⇔ They search the furthest places ⇔ for the stone of gloom and deep darkness. ???

OET-LV An _end someone _puts to_darkness and_to/for_all end he is_searching _for the_stone _of gloom and_deep _darkness.

ULT Setting an end to darkness, ⇔  he is searching out, to every extremity, ⇔  a stone of gloom and deep darkness.

UST People use lamps so that they can see while they work far down under the ground. ⇔  They search for ore in many places where it is very dark.

BSB & MSB [Man] puts an end to the darkness; ⇔  he probes the farthest recesses ⇔  for ore in deepest darkness.

OEB No OEB JOB book available

WEBBE & WMBB Man sets an end to darkness, ⇔  and searches out, to the furthest bound, ⇔  the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

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

LSV He has set an end to darkness,
And he is searching to all perfection,
A stone of darkness and death-shade.

FBV Miners take lamps into the darkness underground and search for ore as far as they can go in the shadows and the gloom.

T4T Men use lamps while they work far down under the ground ⇔  to search for the ore inside the mines ⇔  where it is very dark.

LEB • He puts an end to darkness,
• and he searches out the farthest limits
• for the ore in gloom and deep shadow.

BBE Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.

Moff Men searched the darkness to its depth, ⇔  and in the pitchy gloom for stones they grope;

JPS Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death.

ASV Man setteth an end to darkness, ⇔ And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, ⇔ The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

DRA He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death.

YLT An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.

Drby [Man] putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.

RV Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death.

SLT He set an end to darkness, and he searched out for all completeness: the stone of darkness and the shadow of death.

Wbstr He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shades of death.

KJB-1769 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

KJB-1611 Hee setteth an ende to darkenesse, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkenesse and the shadow of death.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps The darkenesse shall once come to an ende: he can seke out the grounde of all thinges, the stones, the darke, and the shadowe of death.
(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.)

Gnva God putteth an end to darkenesse, and he tryeth the perfection of all things: he setteth a bond of darkenesse, and of the shadowe of death.
(God putteth/puts an end to darkness, and he trieth/tries the perfection of all things: he setteth a bond of darkness, and of the shadow of death.)

Cvdl The darcknes shal once come to an ende, he can seke out the grounde of all thinges: the stones, the darcke, & the horrible shadowe,
(The darkness shall once come to an end, he can seek out the ground of all things: the stones, the dark, and the horrible shadowe,)

Wycl God hath set tyme to derknessis, and he biholdith the ende of alle thingis.
(God hath/has set time to darkness, and he beholdeth/beholds the end of all things.)

Luth Es wird je des Finstern etwa ein Ende, und jemand findet ja zuletzt den Schiefer tief verborgen.
(It becomes each/ever the darkness approximately a end(n), and someone finds yes last/in_the_end the Schiefer deep hidden/concealed.)

ClVg Tempus posuit tenebris, et universorum finem ipse considerat: lapidem quoque caliginis et umbram mortis.[fn]
(Time/Season put darkness, and in_the_universerum the_end exactly_that/himself considers: a_stone too of_darkness and shadow of_death.)

UHB קֵ֤ץ ׀ שָׂ֤ם לַ⁠חֹ֗שֶׁךְ וּֽ⁠לְ⁠כָל־תַּ֭כְלִית ה֣וּא חוֹקֵ֑ר אֶ֖בֶן אֹ֣פֶל וְ⁠צַלְמָֽוֶת׃ ‡

BrLXX Τάξιν ἔθετο σκότει, καὶ πᾶν πέρας αὐτὸς ἐξακριβάζεται, λίθος σκοτία, καὶ σκιὰ θανάτου.

BrTr He has set a bound to darkness, and he searches out every limit: a stone is darkness, and the shadow of death.