New King James Version

Job 28:3-10 New King James Version (NKJV)

3. Man puts an end to darkness,And searches every recessFor ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.

4. He breaks open a shaft away from people;In places forgotten by feetThey hang far away from men;They swing to and fro.

5. As for the earth, from it comes bread,But underneath it is turned up as by fire;

6. Its stones are the source of sapphires,And it contains gold dust.

7. That path no bird knows,Nor has the falcon’s eye seen it.

8. The proud lions have not trodden it,Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.

9. He puts his hand on the flint;He overturns the mountains at the roots.

10. He cuts out channels in the rocks,And his eye sees every precious thing.