Job 28:3 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

Man sets an end to darkness, and he searches out the farthest bounds for the ore buried in gloom and deep darkness.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Man sets an end to darkness, and he searches out the farthest bounds for the ore buried in gloom and deep darkness.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

A miner puts an end to the darkness; he probes the deepest recesses for ore in the gloomy darkness.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

People take light into dark places under the ground. They look carefully for valuable metals.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Miners carry lights deep into caves to search for these rocks in the deepest darkness.

Man puts an end to darkness and searches out to the farthest limit the ore in gloom and deep darkness.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Miners explore the deepest darkness. They search the depths of the earth And dig for rocks in the darkness.

English God's Word - GW 1995

{Humans} bring an end to darkness {there} and search to the limit of the gloomy, pitch-black rock.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

A miner puts an end to the darkness; he probes the deepest recesses for ore in the gloomy darkness.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

Man puts an end to darkness, And to the farthest limit he searches out The rock in thick darkness and shadow of death.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Man puts an end to darkness, and searches every extremity for ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Man puts an end to darkness, And to the farthest limit he searches out The rock in gloom and deep shadow.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

He has set a boundary for the darkness; to the farthest confines he penetrates.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

A miner lights up the darkness. He searches for ore in the deepest pits. He looks for it in the blackest darkness.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

Man puts an end to darkness, And searches every recess For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.

English NLT

They know how to put light into darkness and explore the farthest, darkest regions of the earth as they search for ore.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Miners put an end to darkness, and search out to the farthest bound the ore in gloom and deep darkness.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Men put an end to darkness, and search out to the farthest bound the ore in gloom and deep darkness.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Men know how to put light into darkness so that a mine shaft can be sunk into the earth, and the earth searched and its deep secrets explored.

English Tyndale 1537

The darkness shall once come to an end, he can seek out the ground of all things: the stones, the dark, and the horrible shadow.

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