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Gloom of the underworld: אֹ֣פֶל – ophel

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

(Job 28:3) KJV

Darkness, gloom: אֹ֣פֶל – ophel

  • Root not used, Arab. to set, go down, as the sun.
  • adj., late, as to growth, Ex. 9:32.
  • adj. masc. dark, obscure, Am. 5:20.
  • fem. darkness, thick darkness.
  • masc. thick darkness; trop. misfortune.
  • masc. darkness, Jos. 24:7.
  • great darkness, comp. of the preceding and lt. darkness of the Lord, Je. 2:31

Davidson Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon page XL-XLI

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A stone: אֶ֖בֶן – eben

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

(Job 28:3) KJV

A stone: אֶ֖בֶן – eben

  1. a stone, generally; the common stone of the field; a stone which may be thrown with the hand; hail stones; shining stones; obdurate heart.
  2. precious stone, gem.
  3. rock, Ge. 49:24
  4. weight, diverse weights; weights of (i.e. carried in) the bag.
  5. plummet, Is. 34:11 stones of desolations; i.e. minutely measured off for desolation.
  6. pr. names; a stone not far from Jerusalem 1 Ki. 1:9, a stone set up by Samuel.

Davidson Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon page IV-V

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Darkness: לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ – choshek

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

(Job 28:3) KJV

Darkness: לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ – choshek

  • fut. – to be or become obscure, dark.
  • Hiph.
    1. to darken, make dark, obscure.
    2. to cause darkness, Ps. 139:12; Je. 13:16.
  • adj. masc., pl. obscure, mean, Pr. 22:29
  • masc. dec. 6c. –
    1. darkness
    2. calamity, misery.
    3. ignorance, Job 37:19.

During the formation of planet Earth, the action of the particles moving to form the core of the Earth is pictured in the sense of sinking into darkness and obscurity.

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Gravity as a Process

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

(Job 28:3) KJV

There are some eyebrow-raising translations of this verse which have been rendered by people who were trying very hard to make sense out of it. Here’s an example:

Miners explore the deepest darkness.
They search the depths of the earth And dig for rocks in the darkness.

(Job 28:3) Good News Translation
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Deducing Gravity

And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.

(1 Samuel 17:49) KJV

Gravity is fundamental to the working out of God’s plan for creation. So how on Earth did we manage to deduce that gravity was created on the second day? There are three parts to this logic:

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