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Job 28:1-3
Evangelical Heritage Version

A Poem About Wisdom[a]

28 Yes, there is a mine for silver
and a place where gold is refined.
2 Iron is taken from the ground,
and copper is smelted out of stone.

3 A miner puts an end to darkness by exploring its farthest limits.
He looks for ore in the gloom and in the deep darkness.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:1 It is uncertain whether the speaker of this poem is Job or the author of the book. It seems likely that it is an intermission inserted by the author to mark the end of the three rounds of speeches.
  2. Job 28:3 The Hebrew scribes regularly spell this word so that it means shadow of death. Here, however, it may be a similar word, deep darkness.
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Job 28:1-3
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Interlude: Where Wisdom Is Found

28 There is a mine for silver
    and a place where gold is refined.(A)
2 Iron is taken from the earth,
    and copper is smelted from ore.(B)
3 Mortals put an end to the darkness;(C)
    they search out the farthest recesses
    for ore in the blackest darkness.(D)

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