He cuts a shaft far from human habitation,
in places unknown to those who walk above ground.[a]
Suspended far away from people,
the miners swing back and forth.
Food may come from the earth,
but below the surface the earth is transformed as by fire.
Its rocks are a source of sapphire,[b](A)
containing flecks of gold.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:4 Lit far from with inhabitant, things forgotten by foot
  2. Job 28:6 Or lapis lazuli

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