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 · 2000

Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Iron from the dust is taken, And <FI>from<Fi> the firm stone brass.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.

Context

v.1Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.

v.2This passage

v.3Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

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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