The Meaning of Job 28:2 Explained

Job 28:2

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

YLT: Iron from the dust is taken, And from the firm stone brass.

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

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 28:2?

MEANING: What does Job 28:2 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 28:2 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 28:2?

What is the context of Job 28:2?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 28:2 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 28:2 mean?

Iron from the earth is taken and [from] ore [is] smelted copper

בַּ֭רְזֶל מֵעָפָ֣ר יֻקָּ֑ח וְ֝אֶ֗בֶן יָצ֥וּק נְחוּשָֽׁה

בַּ֭רְזֶל	Iron
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: בַּרְזֶל Sense: iron.
מֵעָפָ֣ר	from the earth
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular Root: עָפָר Sense: dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish.
יֻקָּ֑ח	is taken
Parse: Verb, QalPass, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָקַח Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
וְ֝אֶ֗בֶן	and [from] ore
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular Root: אֶבֶן Sense: stone (large or small).
יָצ֥וּק	[is] smelted
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: צוּק Sense: (Qal) to pour out, melt.
נְחוּשָֽׁה	copper
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: נְחוּשָׁה Sense: copper, bronze.

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