Job 28:3

Authorized King James Version

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

Original Language Analysis

קֵ֤ץ׀ an end H7093
קֵ֤ץ׀ an end
Strong's: H7093
Word #: 1 of 10
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
שָׂ֤ם He setteth H7760
שָׂ֤ם He setteth
Strong's: H7760
Word #: 2 of 10
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ to darkness H2822
לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ to darkness
Strong's: H2822
Word #: 3 of 10
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
וּֽלְכָל H3605
וּֽלְכָל
Strong's: H3605
Word #: 4 of 10
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
תַּ֭כְלִית all perfection H8503
תַּ֭כְלִית all perfection
Strong's: H8503
Word #: 5 of 10
completion; by implication, an extremity
ה֣וּא H1931
ה֣וּא
Strong's: H1931
Word #: 6 of 10
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
חוֹקֵ֑ר and searcheth out H2713
חוֹקֵ֑ר and searcheth out
Strong's: H2713
Word #: 7 of 10
properly, to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately
אֶ֖בֶן the stones H68
אֶ֖בֶן the stones
Strong's: H68
Word #: 8 of 10
a stone
אֹ֣פֶל of darkness H652
אֹ֣פֶל of darkness
Strong's: H652
Word #: 9 of 10
dusk
וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃ and the shadow of death H6757
וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃ and the shadow of death
Strong's: H6757
Word #: 10 of 10
shade of death, i.e., the grave (figuratively, calamity)

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