KJVHe setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.
[Man] putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.
Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
Job — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
J O B CHAP. XXVIII. The strain of this chapter is very unlike the rest of this book. Job forgets his sores, and all his sorrows, and talks like a philosopher or a virtuoso. Here is a great deal both of natural and moral philosophy in this discourse; but the…