Job 28:1-11

1“There is a place where silver is mined and a place where gold is refined.

2Iron is taken from the ground, and rocks are melted for ⌞their⌟ copper.

3⌞Humans⌟ bring an end to darkness ⌞there⌟ and search to the limit of the gloomy, pitch-black rock.

4They open up a mineshaft far from civilization, where no one has set foot. ⌞In this shaft⌟ men dangle and swing back and forth.

5“Above the ground food grows, but beneath it the food decays as if ⌞it were burned⌟ by fire.

6That place’s stones are sapphire. Its dust contains gold.

7No bird of prey knows the way to it. No hawk’s eye has ever seen it.

8No proud beast has ever walked on it. No ferocious lion has ever passed over it.

9“Humans exert their power on the flinty rocks and overturn mountains at their base.

10They cut out mineshafts in the rocks. Their eyes see every precious thing.

11They explore the sources of rivers so that they bring hidden treasures to light.