Job 28:3-5

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

³Man sets an end to darkness, and he searches out the farthest bounds for the ore buried in gloom and deep darkness.

⁴Men break open shafts away from where people sojourn, in places forgotten by [human] foot; and [descend into them], hanging afar from men, they swing or flit to and fro.

⁵As for the earth, out of it comes bread, but underneath [its surface, down deep in the mine] there is ^[a]blasting, turning it up as by fire.

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Footnotes

Job 28:5 Blasting of rocks is said to have been practiced on a large scale by the ancients (Speaker’s Commentary).

Job 28:3-5

New International Version

³Mortals put an end to the darkness;^(A)
    they search out the farthest recesses
    for ore in the blackest darkness.^(B)
⁴Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft,^(C)
    in places untouched by human feet;
    far from other people they dangle and sway.
⁵The earth, from which food comes,^(D)
    is transformed below as by fire;