Job 28:2-12

2 Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
3 Mortals put an end to the darkness; they search out the farthest recesses for ore in the blackest darkness.
4 Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft, in places untouched by human feet; far from other people they dangle and sway.
5 The earth, from which food comes, is transformed below as by fire;
6 lapis lazuli comes from its rocks, and its dust contains nuggets of gold.
7 No bird of prey knows that hidden path, no falcon’s eye has seen it.
8 Proud beasts do not set foot on it, and no lion prowls there.
9 People assault the flinty rock with their hands and lay bare the roots of the mountains.
10 They tunnel through the rock; their eyes see all its treasures.
11 They search[a] the sources of the rivers and bring hidden things to light.
12 But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?

Cross References 18

  • 1. Deuteronomy 8:9
  • 2. Ecclesiastes 1:13; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Ecclesiastes 8:17
  • 3. S Job 26:10; Job 38:19
  • 4. ver 10; 2 Samuel 5:8
  • 5. Genesis 1:29; Psalms 104:14; Psalms 145:15
  • 6. ver 16; Song of Songs 5:14; Isaiah 54:11
  • 7. S Job 22:24
  • 8. ver 21
  • 9. Job 41:34
  • 10. Isaiah 35:9
  • 11. S Deuteronomy 8:15
  • 12. John 2:6
  • 13. S ver 4
  • 14. Proverbs 2:4
  • 15. S Genesis 7:11
  • 16. Isaiah 48:6; Jeremiah 33:3
  • 17. ver 28; Proverbs 1:20; Proverbs 3:13-20; Proverbs 8:1; Proverbs 9:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:24
  • 18. ver 20,23

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Septuagint, Aquila and Vulgate; Hebrew "They dam up"
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