New International Reader's Version

Job 28:5-9 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

5. Food grows on the surface of the earth. But far below, the earth is changed as if by fire.

6. Sapphires are taken from its rocks. Its dust contains nuggets of gold.

7. No bird knows the miner's hidden path. No falcon's eye has seen it.

8. Proud animals don't walk on it. Lions don't prowl there.

9. The miner attacks the hardest rock. His strong hands uncover the base of the mountains.