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...these from the noble metals. So early as the days of Job, familiar mention is made of refining: — " Surely there is a mine for silver and a place for gold, which men refine." t In Scripture references we are more indebted to the poetical portion than the historical....

...by much the same processes; a knowledge of the one implies a knowledge of the other; and Job says, surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold, which men refine; while David compares the words of the Lord to silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified...

...departeth from his place. (46) i THEKE is a vein for silver, And a place for gold, where it is mined. Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is melted out of stones. Workmen invade the dominions of darkness : They push their shafts to the lowest depths; They...

...discovering the treasures of the earth is contrasted with his failure to attain to absolute wisdom : — ' Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for...which they refine. Iron is taken out of the earth, And brass is molten out of the stone. Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out to the furthest...

...is thus commented on : " Surely there is a vein for silver and a place for gold where they fine it. Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is melted out of the stones " (Job xxviii. 1). These metals when lost are replaced by others, but when a disciple of the...

...flee out of his hand. 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place. 28 * ter, my bride ; Thou hast "ravished my heart with 14 one 2 Iron is taken out of the * earth, And brass is molten out of the stone. 3 Man setteth an end to darkness,...

...flee out of his hand. 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place. 28 'Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine. 2 Iron is taken out of the 'earth, And brass is molten out of the stone. 3 Man setteth an end to darkness,...

...gold, silver, copper, lead, tin, and iron. Job speaks of nearly all these metals. " Surely," he says, " there is a mine for silver and a place for gold, which men refine ; " then he mentions copper as " molten out of the stone;" and iron as being " taken out...

...twice, if we except the notices in Deuteronomy. In the book of Job we are told * There is a vein for the silver, And a place for gold, which they refine; Iron is taken out of the earth, And they melt stone into copper. Man sinketh a shaft far from a sojoiirner;1 There the forgotten live,...