Job 28:1-11

1“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.2Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.3Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.4Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.5Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.6Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.7No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.8Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.9The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.10He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.11He stops up1 the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.