Job 28:2-4

International Children’s Bible

²Iron is taken out of the ground.
    And copper is melted out of rocks.
³Miners bring light into the mines.
    They search even the deepest parts of the mines.
    They look for metal in places of thick darkness.
⁴Miners dig a tunnel far away from where people live.
    They dig it where people never go.
    They work far away from people, swinging and swaying from ropes.

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Job 28:2-4

English Standard Version

²Iron is taken out of the earth,
    and copper is smelted from the ore.
³Man puts an end to darkness
    and searches out to the farthest limit
    the ore in ^(A)gloom and ^(B)deep darkness.
⁴He 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.

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Job 28:2-4

New International Version

²Iron is taken from the earth,
    and copper is smelted from ore.^(A)
³Mortals put an end to the darkness;^(B)
    they search out the farthest recesses
    for ore in the blackest darkness.^(C)
⁴Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft,^(D)
    in places untouched by human feet;
    far from other people they dangle and sway.