Job 28:2–5
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
Iron is taken out of the ‖earth, and brasse is molten out of the stone.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, dust.
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
Hee setteth an ende to darkenesse, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkenesse and the shadow of death.
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
The floud breaketh out from the inhabitant; euen the waters forgotten of the foote: they are dried vp, they are gone away from men.
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
As for the earth, out of it commeth bread: and vnder it, is turned vp as it were fire.
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From verse 2
- Deuteronomy 8:9Rank 1 from verse 2
9A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
9A lande wherein thou shalt eate bread without scarcenes, thou shalt not lacke any thing in it: a lande whose stones are yron, and out of whose hils thou mayest digge brasse.
- Genesis 4:22Rank 2 from verse 2
- Numbers 31:22Rank 3 from verse 2
- 1 Chronicles 22:14Rank 4 from verse 2
14Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord an 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.
14Now beholde, ‖in my trouble I haue prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of siluer, and of brasse and yron without *weight: (for it is in abundance) timber also and stone haue I prepared, and thou mayest adde thereto.
From verse 3
- Ecclesiastes 1:13Rank 1 from verse 3
13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
13And I gaue my heart to seeke and search out by wisedome, concerning all things that are done vnder heauen: this sore trauell hath God giuen to the sonnes of man, ‖to be exercised therewith.
- Habakkuk 2:13Rank 2 from verse 3
- Job 10:21–22Rank 3 from verse 3
21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
21Before I goe whence I shall not returne, euen to the land of darknes and the shadow of death,
22A land of darknes, as darknes it selfe, and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkenes.
- Job 38:16–17Rank 5 from verse 3
16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
17Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
16Hast thou entred into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
17Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the doores of the shadow of death?
8And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
8And the lord commended the vniust Steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser then the children of light.
- Matthew 6:33Rank 7 from verse 3
- Proverbs 2:4Rank 8 from verse 3
From verse 5
- Isaiah 28:25–29Rank 1 from verse 5
25When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
26For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
27For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
28Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.
29This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
25‖‖†When hee hath made plaine the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principall wheate, and the appointed barly and the rye in their place?
26‖For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
27For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheele turned about vpon the cummin: but the fitches are beaten out with a staffe, and the cummin with a rodde.
28Bread corne is bruised; because he will not euer be threshing it, nor breake it with the wheele of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.
29This also commeth forth from the LORD of hostes, which is wonderfull in counsell, and excellent in working.
- Ezekiel 28:13–14Rank 2 from verse 5
13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
14Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
13‖‖‖Thou hast beene in Eden the garden of God; euery precious stone was thy couering, the Sardius, Topaze, and the Diamond, the Beril, the Onyx, and the Iasper, the Saphir, the Emeraude, and the Carbuncle and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee, in the day that thou wast created.
14Thou art the annointed Cherub that couereth: and I haue set thee so; thou wast vpon the holy mountaine of God; thou hast walked vp and downe in the middest of the stones of fire.
- Genesis 1:11–12Rank 3 from verse 5
11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
11And God said, Let the Earth bring foorth †grasse, the herbe yeelding seed, and the fruit tree, yeelding fruit after his kinde, whose seed is in it selfe, vpon the earth: and it was so.
12And the earth brought foorth grasse, and herbe yeelding seed after his kinde, and the tree yeelding fruit, whose seed was in it selfe, after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:29Rank 4 from verse 5
29¶ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
29¶ And God said, Behold, I haue giuen you euery herbe †bearing seede, which is vpon the face of all the earth, and euery tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yeelding seed, *to you it shall be for meat:
- Psalms 104:14–15Rank 5 from verse 5
14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
15And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.
14*He causeth the grasse to grow for the cattell, and herbe for the seruice of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth:
15†And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oile to make his face to shine: and bread which strengtheneth mans heart.
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Job 28:2
1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.
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Sense 1: Melted or made liquid by heat. Sense 2: Cast or formed from melted material.
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Sense 1: A piece or mass of rock. Sense 2: To strike or kill with stones.
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Job 28:3
Third-person singular present form of set. Sense 1: To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe. Sense 2: Fixed or determined.
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Sense 1: The last or concluding part, termination, or limit. Sense 2: A purpose or intended result. Sense 3: As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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perfection
Completeness, maturity, or a finished state.
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1. Pieces or masses of rock. 2. Strikes or kills with stones.
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1. A darkened shape or shade cast by intercepted light. 2. Shelter or protection. 3. A fleeting trace or likeness. 4. A preliminary outline, type, or representation of a fuller reality.
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Job 28:4
Breaks, separates, opens, or bursts forth.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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inhabitant
A person who dwells or resides in a place.
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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.
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Sense 1: The lower extremity used for standing or walking. Sense 2: A measure, base, or lowest part. Sense 3: As a verb, to tread or walk.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of dry, meaning to become or make free from moisture.
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Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.
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Job 28:5
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as it were
1. Marking likeness or comparison: as though, or in a manner resembling. 2. Marking approximation: about or nearly.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.
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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.
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28:1SURELY there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
28:1¶ Surely there is ‖a veine for the siluer, and a place for golde where they fine it.
28:2Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
28:2Iron is taken out of the ‖earth, and brasse is molten out of the stone.
Selected passage28:3He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
28:3Hee setteth an ende to darkenesse, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkenesse and the shadow of death.
Selected passage28:4The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
28:4The floud breaketh out from the inhabitant; euen the waters forgotten of the foote: they are dried vp, they are gone away from men.
Selected passage28:5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
28:5 As for the earth, out of it commeth bread: and vnder it, is turned vp as it were fire.
Selected passage28:6The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
28:6The stones of it are the place of Saphires: and it hath ‖dust of golde.