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"Iron is taken from the ground, and rock is poured out as copper."
— Job 28:2, NET Bible
“Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.”
“Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone. ”
“Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.”
“Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.”
“Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.”
“Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.”
III. Job’s Search for Wisdom(28:1-28)No Known Road to Wisdom“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined.
Iron is taken from the ground, and rock is poured out as copper.
Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness.
Far from where people live he sinks a shaft, in places travelers have long forgotten, far from other people he dangles and sways.
The earth, from which food comes, is overturned below as though by fire;