Job 28:1-8 ▼

1 “Surely there is a mine for silver And a place where they refine 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 gloom and deep shadow.

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 turned up 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.