Job 28:1-11

Human Skill in Mining the Earth

Job 28:1-11
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"There are mines for silver and places where gold is refined;
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iron is extracted from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
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Miners conquer the darkness and dig as far in as they can, to the ore in gloom and deep darkness.
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There where no one lives, they break open a shaft; the feet passing over are oblivious to them; far from people, suspended in space, they swing to and fro.
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"While the earth is [peacefully] yielding bread, underneath, it is being convulsed as if by fire;
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its rocks have veins of sapphire, and there are flecks of gold.
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Birds of prey don't know that path, no falcon's eye has seen it,
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the proud beasts have never set foot on it, no lion has ever passed over it.
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"[The miner] attacks the flint, overturns mountains at their roots,
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and cuts out galleries in the rock, all the while watching for something of value.
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He dams up streams to keep them from flooding, and brings what was hidden out into the light.
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