“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 limit a stone in gloom and deep darkness, depicting human ability to penetrate hidden places, to light darkness and to locate resources in inaccessible locations. The setting of an end to darkness suggests that humans bring light to obscurity through technology and determination, that what appears impenetrable to casual observation yields to focused search. The searching to the furthest limit suggests systematic exploration, that humans do not give up but persist until they locate what they seek. The references to gloom and deep darkness emphasize the inaccessibility of what humans nevertheless manage to reach.
Church Fathers on Job 28:3
He hath set a time to darkness, and Himself vieweth the end of all and everyone. He hath Himself ‘set a time to the darkness,’ i.e. bounds to the wicked, where they should cease to be wicked. Whence it is said to them by the Apostle; Ye-were sometimes darkness, but 1l0W are ye light in the Lord. Like as to the other disciples as well the same great teacher saith, The night is far spent, the day is at hand; let us therefore put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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