The Meaning of Job 28:3 Explained

Job 28:3

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

Darby: Man putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of 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.

Discover Job 28:3

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 28:3?

MEANING: What does Job 28:3 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 28:3 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 28:3?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 28:3 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 28:1-28 - The Pearl Of Great Price
A search for this pearl of great price has occupied men in every age. Job compares it with the search of the miner for the hidden treasures of the earth, Job 28:1-12. This paragraph should be read in the r.v. The shaft into the earth, the miner's exile from the cheerful haunts of human life, his exposure to dangers from foul air, water, and the falling-in of the mine, the binding up of the streams, are vividly portrayed. But the miner perseveres through all till he obtains his golden spoil. Would that we were as persistent in our quest for the knowledge of God! Paul was a great miner; he went down into caverns of pain and sorrow, that he might bring to light the treasures of God's wisdom and love.
Only God knows God, Job 28:23. In the depths of His nature, dark with excess of light but hidden from the falcon's eye of human genius, are both knowledge and understanding. He waits to reveal these things to babes, saying, "Fear God, and you will be wise. Depart from evil, and you will understand," Job 28:28. Christ is the Word and the Wisdom of God, 1 Corinthians 1:24. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 28

1  There is a knowledge of natural things
12  But wisdom is an excellent gift of God

What do the individual words in Job 28:3 mean?

An end [Man] puts to darkness and every recess he searches for ore in the darkness and the shadow death
קֵ֤ץ ׀ שָׂ֤ם לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ וּֽלְכָל־ תַּ֭כְלִית ה֣וּא חוֹקֵ֑ר אֶ֖בֶן אֹ֣פֶל וְצַלְמָֽוֶת

קֵ֤ץ ׀  An  end 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֵץ  
Sense: end.
שָׂ֤ם  [Man]  puts 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ  to  darkness 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹשֶׁךְ  
Sense: darkness, obscurity.
וּֽלְכָל־  and  every 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
תַּ֭כְלִית  recess 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תַּכְלִית  
Sense: end, perfection, consummation, completion, completeness.
חוֹקֵ֑ר  searches 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: חָקַר  
Sense: to search, search for, search out, examine, investigate.
אֶ֖בֶן  for  ore 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶבֶן  
Sense: stone (large or small).
אֹ֣פֶל  in  the  darkness 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֹפֶל  
Sense: darkness, gloom.
וְצַלְמָֽוֶת  and  the  shadow  death 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: צַלְמָוֶת  
Sense: death-shadow, deep shadow, deep darkness, shadow of death.

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