Job 28:2-10
New International Version
2 Iron is taken from the earth,
and copper is smelted from ore.(A)
3 Mortals put an end to the darkness;(B)
they search out the farthest recesses
for ore in the blackest darkness.(C)
4 Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft,(D)
in places untouched by human feet;
far from other people they dangle and sway.
5 The earth, from which food comes,(E)
is transformed below as by fire;
6 lapis lazuli(F) comes from its rocks,
and its dust contains nuggets of gold.(G)
7 No bird of prey knows that hidden path,
no falcon’s eye has seen it.(H)
8 Proud beasts(I) do not set foot on it,
and no lion prowls there.(J)
9 People assault the flinty rock(K) with their hands
and lay bare the roots of the mountains.(L)
10 They tunnel through the rock;(M)
their eyes see all its treasures.(N)
Job 28:2-10
King James Version
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
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