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 darkness, And searches every recess For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.

4He breaks open a shaft away from people; In places forgotten by feet They hang far away from men; They swing to and fro.

5As for the earth, from it comes bread, But underneath it is turned up as by fire;

6Its stones are the source of sapphires, And it contains gold dust.

7That path no bird knows, Nor has the falcon’s eye seen it.

8The proud lions 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 roots.

10He cuts out channels in the rocks, And his eye sees every precious thing.

11He dams up the streams from trickling; What is hidden he brings forth to light.