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Iron is taken from the ground;[a]
    and copper is smelted from ore.
Mankind limits the darkness
    as they search the deepest depths
        for ore[b] in unfathomable darkness.
He sinks his shaft far from human habitations,
    in a place[c] forgotten by explorers;
they hang on harnesses
    as they swing back and forth.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:2 Or dry earth
  2. Job 28:3 Lit. for darkest stone
  3. Job 28:4 The Heb. lacks in a place