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1 Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine. 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. 3 Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death. 4 He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; they are forgotten of the foot that passeth by; they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro. 5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire. 6 The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold. 7 That path no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath the falcon's eye seen it: 8 The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby. 9 He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. 10 He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. 11 He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Job 28:1-12, English Revised Version. Public domain.
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