Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 28:3

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

Either 1. Man the Miner, or 2. God, of whose works of Nature he here speaks, or 3. God as the chief Author and Directer, and man as Gods Instrument in the work.

Or, a bound, how far the darkness shall reach, and how far the dark and hidden parts and Treasures of the Earth shall be searched, and discovered, and brought to light.

i. e. Metals and Minerals, which are nothing else but Earth concocted, and hardened, and brought to maturity and perfection. Or, unto all perfection, i. e. he perfectly and exactly searcheth them out, although the Hebrew Lamed may be here only a Note of the Accusative Case, as our translation takes it.

Either Gems and precious Stones, which are called by this word Prov. 26. 8. or those stones out of which the metals forementioned are taken.

Which lie hid in the dark and deadly shades and bowels of the Earth.

Marginal references: Ch. 1[illegible: 1+ letters]. [illegible: 1+ letters]2.