Job 28:1-11 (New International Version)
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"There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.1
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Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.2
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Man puts an end to the darkness;3 he searches the farthest recesses for ore in the blackest darkness.4
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Far from where people dwell he cuts a shaft,5 in places forgotten by the foot of man; far from men he dangles and sways.
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The earth, from which food comes,6 is transformed below as by fire;
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sapphiresa7 come from its rocks, and its dust contains nuggets of gold.8
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No bird of prey knows that hidden path, no falcon's eye has seen it.9
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Proud beasts10 do not set foot on it, and no lion prowls there.11
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Man's hand assaults the flinty rock12 and lays bare the roots of the mountains.13
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He tunnels through the rock;14 his eyes see all its treasures.15
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He searchesb the sources of the rivers16 and brings hidden things17 to light.
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