Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness.

人为黑暗定界限，查究幽暗阴翳的石头，直到极处，

人探索黑暗的尽头，查究矿石直到极处，那是幽暗和死荫；

人探索黑暗的尽头，查究矿石直到极处，那是幽暗和死荫；

世人探寻黑暗的尽头，搜索幽暗的深处，要得隐藏的矿石。

人探求黑暗的尽头，查明在阴暗中的石矿，直到极处。

人為黑暗定界限，查究幽暗陰翳的石頭，直到極處，

人探索黑暗的盡頭，查究礦石直到極處，那是幽暗和死蔭；

人探索黑暗的盡頭，查究礦石直到極處，那是幽暗和死蔭；

世人探尋黑暗的盡頭，搜索幽暗的深處，要得隱藏的礦石。

人探求黑暗的盡頭，查明在陰暗中的石礦，直到極處。

人探求到黑暗盡邊，將幽暗漆黑中的石頭，都勘查透到極處。

人立限於晦冥、究幽暗陰翳之礦石、至乎其極、

窮極奧妙、格物致知、陰翳暗邃之穴、皆能遍察、

人以妙法洞鑒晦冥、原文作人使晦冥不復晦冥詳察窮究暗中礦石、

Mortals put an end to the darkness; they search out the farthest recesses for ore in the blackest darkness.

Human beings light up the darkness. They search for ore in the deepest pits. They look for it in the blackest darkness.

Man puts an end to darkness and searches out to the farthest limit the ore in gloom and deep darkness.

They know how to shine light in the darkness and explore the farthest regions of the earth as they search in the dark for ore.

A miner puts an end to the darkness; he probes the deepest recesses for ore in the gloomy darkness.

Man puts an end to darkness, And to the farthest limit he searches out The rock in gloom and deep shadow.

Man puts an end to darkness, And searches every recess For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.

Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

A miner puts an end to the darkness; he probes the deepest recesses for ore in the gloomy darkness.

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

Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

I decided to carefully and thoroughly examine all that has been accomplished on earth. I concluded: God has given people a burdensome task that keeps them occupied.

if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,

But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light.

before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

Be sure of this! The LORD who commands armies has decreed: The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.

The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.

Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?