Job 28:1-8 ▼

1 “Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place where they refine for gold.

2 Iron is taken from the dust, And copper is smelted from rock.

3 Man puts an end to darkness, And to the farthest limit he searches out The rock in thick darkness and shadow of death.

4 He sinks a shaft far from habitation, Forgotten by the foot; They hang and swing to and fro far from men.

5 The earth, from it comes food, And underneath it is overturned as fire.

6 Its rocks are the source of sapphires, And its dust contains gold.

7 The path no bird of prey knows, Nor has the falcon’s eye caught sight of it.

8 The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.