1. “Surely there is a mine for silver,and a place for gold that they refine.
2. Iron is taken out of the earth,and copper is smelted from the ore.
3. Man puts an end to darknessand searches out to the farthest limitthe ore in gloom and deep darkness.
4. He opens shafts in a valley away from where anyone lives;they are forgotten by travelers;they hang in the air, far away from mankind; they swing to and fro.
5. As for the earth, out of it comes bread,but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
6. Its stones are the place of sapphires,and it has dust of gold.
7. “That path no bird of prey knows,and the falcon’s eye has not seen it.
8. The proud beasts have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it.