KJV ORIGINAL
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Iron is dug up from the ground, and copper is melted out of rock.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse describes how people extract valuable metals from the earth through mining and refining.
📚 Historical Context
Job is describing the ancient mining processes that were well-established in his time, around 2000-1500 BC. Mining for iron and copper was a sophisticated operation even in the ancient world, requiring knowledge of where to find ore deposits and how to extract and refine metals from rock. This verse begins Job's famous discourse on wisdom, where he compares the difficulty of finding earthly treasures to the even greater challenge of finding true wisdom.
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