Job 28:1–11
Job Tells of Earth’s Treasures
1 “Surely there is a 1mine for silver
And a place 2where they refine gold.
2 “Iron is taken from the dust,
And copper is smelted from rock.
3 “Man puts an end to darkness,
And ato the farthest limit he searches out
The rock in gloom and deep shadow.
4 “He 1sinks a shaft far from 2habitation,
Forgotten by the foot;
They hang and swing to and fro far from men.
5 “The earth, from it comes food,
And underneath it is turned up as fire.
6 “Its rocks are the 1source of sapphires,
And its dust contains gold.
7 “The path no bird of prey knows,
Nor has the falcon’s eye caught sight of it.
8 “The 1proud beasts have not trodden it,
Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.
9 “He puts his hand on the flint;
He overturns the mountains at the 1base.
10 “He hews out channels through the rocks,
And his eye sees anything precious.
11 “He dams up the streams from 1flowing,
And what is hidden he brings out to the light.