Job 28:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Iron is taken from the earth,
and copper smelted out of stone.
3 [a]He sets a boundary for the darkness;
the farthest confines he explores.
4 He breaks open a shaft far from habitation,
unknown to human feet;
suspended, far from people, they sway.
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