Job 28:2
What does Job 28:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 28:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Iron from the dust is taken, And <FI>from<Fi> the firm stone brass.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 8:9
a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig copper.
- Numbers 31:22
howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
- Genesis 4:22
And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
- 1 Chronicles 22:14
Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Jehovah a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver, and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
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