Job 28:4
Job 28:1-11 The Message (MSG)
“We all know how silver seams the rocks, we’ve seen the stuff from which gold is refined, We’re aware of how iron is dug out of the ground and copper is smelted from rock. Miners penetrate the earth’s darkness, searching the roots of the mountains for ore, digging away in the suffocating darkness. Far from civilization, far from the traffic, they cut a shaft, and are lowered into it by ropes. Earth’s surface is a field for grain, but its depths are a forge Firing sapphires from stones and chiseling gold from rocks. Vultures are blind to its riches, hawks never lay eyes on it. Wild animals are oblivious to it, lions don’t know it’s there. Miners hammer away at the rock, they uproot the mountains. They tunnel through the rock and find all kinds of beautiful gems. They discover the origins of rivers, and bring earth’s secrets to light.
Job 28:4 King James Version (KJV)
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; Even the waters forgotten of the foot: They are dried up, they are gone away from men.
Job 28:4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
He sinks a shaft far from habitation, Forgotten by the foot; They hang and swing to and fro far from men.
Job 28:4 New Century Version (NCV)
Miners dig a tunnel far from where people live, where no one has ever walked; they work far from people, swinging and swaying from ropes.
Job 28:4 American Standard Version (ASV)
He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
Job 28:4 New International Version (NIV)
Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft, in places untouched by human feet; far from other people they dangle and sway.
Job 28:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
He breaks open a shaft away from people; In places forgotten by feet They hang far away from men; They swing to and fro.
Job 28:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“He breaks open (mine) shafts far away from where people live, [In places] forgotten by the [human] foot; They dangle [in the mines] and hang away from men.