Job 28:1-11

New Living Translation

28 “People know where to mine silver
    and how to refine gold.
² They know where to dig iron from the earth
    and how to smelt copper from rock.
³ They know how to shine light in the darkness
    and explore the farthest regions of the earth
    as they search in the dark for ore.
⁴ They sink a mine shaft into the earth
    far from where anyone lives.
    They descend on ropes, swinging back and forth.
⁵ Food is grown on the earth above,
    but down below, the earth is melted as by fire.
⁶ Here the rocks contain precious lapis lazuli,
    and the dust contains gold.
⁷ These are treasures no bird of prey can see,
    no falcon’s eye observe.
⁸ No wild animal has walked upon these treasures;
    no lion has ever set his paw there.
⁹ People know how to tear apart flinty rocks
    and overturn the roots of mountains.
¹⁰ They cut tunnels in the rocks
    and uncover precious stones.
¹¹ They dam up the trickling streams
    and bring to light the hidden treasures.