Job 28:1-11

1“Surely there is a 1mine for silver And a place 2where they refine gold.2Iron is taken from the dust, And copper is smelted from rock.3Man puts an end to darkness, And 3to the farthest limit he searches out The rock in gloom and deep shadow.4He 4sinks a shaft far from 5habitation, Forgotten by the foot; They hang and swing to and fro far from men.5The earth, from it comes food, And underneath it is turned up as fire.6Its rocks are the 6source of sapphires, And its dust contains gold.7The path no bird of prey knows, Nor has the falcon’s eye caught sight of it.8The 7proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.9He puts his hand on the flint; He overturns the mountains at the 8base.10He hews out channels through the rocks, And his eye sees anything precious.11He dams up the streams from 9flowing, And what is hidden he brings out to the light.