Job 28:1-11

Human Skill in Mining the Earth

Job 28:1-11
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“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
2
Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
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Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
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Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
5
Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
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Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
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No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
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Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
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The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
10
He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
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He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
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