Job 28:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 28:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 28:2 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. earth: or, dust" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 28:2 — KJV
“Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. earth: or, dust”
— Job 28:2 (KJV)
Job 28:2 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 28:2
“Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.”
Shares key themes with Job 28:2: iron, earth, brass
“And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:”
Shares key themes with Job 28:2: iron, earth, brass
“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.”
Shares key themes with Job 28:2: iron, brass, stone
“And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.”
Shares key themes with Job 28:2: iron, earth, brass
“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. trouble: or, poverty”
Shares key themes with Job 28:2: iron, brass, stone
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