Job 28:1-8 ▼

1 “People know where to mine silver and how to refine gold.

2 They know where to dig iron from the earth and how to smelt copper from rock.

3 They know how to shine light in the darkness and explore the farthest regions of the earth as they search in the dark for ore.

4 They sink a mine shaft into the earth far from where anyone lives. They descend on ropes, swinging back and forth.

5 Food is grown on the earth above, but down below, the earth is melted as by fire.

6 Here the rocks contain precious lapis lazuli, and the dust contains gold.

7 These are treasures no bird of prey can see, no falcon’s eye observe.

8 No wild animal has walked upon these treasures; no lion has ever set his paw there.