世人探尋黑暗的盡頭，搜索幽暗的深處，要得隱藏的礦石。

人为黑暗定界限，查究幽暗阴翳的石头，直到极处，

人探索黑暗的尽头，查究矿石直到极处，那是幽暗和死荫；

人探索黑暗的尽头，查究矿石直到极处，那是幽暗和死荫；

世人探寻黑暗的尽头，搜索幽暗的深处，要得隐藏的矿石。

人探求黑暗的尽头，查明在阴暗中的石矿，直到极处。

人為黑暗定界限，查究幽暗陰翳的石頭，直到極處，

人探索黑暗的盡頭，查究礦石直到極處，那是幽暗和死蔭；

人探索黑暗的盡頭，查究礦石直到極處，那是幽暗和死蔭；

人探求黑暗的盡頭，查明在陰暗中的石礦，直到極處。

人探求到黑暗盡邊，將幽暗漆黑中的石頭，都勘查透到極處。

人立限於晦冥、究幽暗陰翳之礦石、至乎其極、

窮極奧妙、格物致知、陰翳暗邃之穴、皆能遍察、

人以妙法洞鑒晦冥、原文作人使晦冥不復晦冥詳察窮究暗中礦石、

Mortals put an end to the darkness; they search out the farthest recesses for ore in the blackest darkness.

Human beings light up the darkness. They search for ore in the deepest pits. They look for it in the blackest darkness.

Man puts an end to darkness and searches out to the farthest limit the ore in gloom and deep darkness.

They know how to shine light in the darkness and explore the farthest regions of the earth as they search in the dark for ore.

A miner puts an end to the darkness; he probes the deepest recesses for ore in the gloomy darkness.

Man puts an end to darkness, And to the farthest limit he searches out The rock in gloom and deep shadow.

Man puts an end to darkness, And searches every recess For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.

Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

A miner puts an end to the darkness; he probes the deepest recesses for ore in the gloomy darkness.

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

Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness.

Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

我專心用智慧去研究、探索天下各樣的事，發現上帝給世人的是極重的苦工。

尋它如尋銀子，找它如找寶藏，

「你們要先尋求上帝的國和祂的義，這一切都會賜給你們。

祂揭露黑暗中的奧秘，祂把幽暗帶入光明中。

我很快就一去不返，進入幽冥黑暗之地。那裡一片漆黑，幽暗混亂；那裡的光昏暗不明。』」

列邦的財富都化為灰燼，列國勞碌卻是一場空。這不都是出於萬軍之耶和華嗎？

「主人誇獎這個不義的管家精明。因為今世的兒女在處理世事方面比光明的兒女更精明。

你可曾到過大海的源頭，走過深淵的底部？死亡之門可曾向你顯露？你可曾見過幽冥之門？