King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass [is] molten [out of] the stone.
Complete Jewish Bible:
iron is extracted from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
Berean Standard Bible:
Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
American Standard Version:
Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Iron{H1270} is taken{H3947} out of the earth{H6083}, and brass{H5154} is molten{H6694} out of the stone{H68}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Deuteronomy 8:9
- A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any [thing] in it; a land whose stones [are] iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
Genesis 4:22
- And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain [was] Naamah.
Numbers 31:22
- Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
1 Chronicles 22:14
- Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
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Commentary for Job 28:2
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H1270
There are 70 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בַּרְזֶל
Transliteration: barzel
Pronunciation: bar-zel'
Description: perhaps from the root of בִּרְזוֹת; iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement; (ax) head, iron. - Strong's Number: H3947
There are 909 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: לָקַח
Transliteration: lâqach
Pronunciation: law-kakh'
Description: a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win. - Strong's Number: H6083
There are 103 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עָפָר
Transliteration: ʻâphâr
Pronunciation: aw-fawr'
Description: from עָפַר; dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud; ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish. - Strong's Number: H5154
There are 10 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נְחוּשָׁה
Transliteration: nᵉchûwshâh
Pronunciation: nekh-oo-shaw'
Description: or נְחֻשָׁה; feminine of נָחוּשׁ; copper; brass, steel. Compare נָחָשׁ. - Strong's Number: H6694
There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: צוּק
Transliteration: tsûwq
Pronunciation: tsook
Description: a primitive root (identical with through the idea of narrowness (of orifice)); to pour out, i.e. (figuratively) smelt, utter; be molten, pour. - Strong's Number: H68
There are 1276 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אֶבֶן
Transliteration: ʼeben
Pronunciation: eh'-ben
Description: from the root of בָּנָה through the meaning to build; a stone; [phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).