Holy Scripture
Job 28:3
A church father on this verse
“"He has set a place for darkness," he says; he was right in saying "a place," because darkness knows how to give way and fade away [before the daylight]. Who drives this obscurity away? From where does such beautiful order in such a situation come? Then he discusses his power, and then his wisdom in order to persuade…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3He has set a bound to darkness, And he searches out every limit: A stone is darkness, and the shadow of death.
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1For there is a place for the silver, whence it comes, And a place for the gold, whence it is refined.
2For iron comes out of the earth, And brass is hewn out like stone.
— Job 28:3 —
4There is a cutting off of the torrent by reason of dust: So they that forget the right way are weakened; they are removed from among men.
5As for the earth, out of it shall come bread: Under it has been turned up as it were fire.