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Job 28:2

World English Bible

Iron is taken out of the earth,
and copper is smelted out of the ore.

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Job 28:2 in other translations

Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.

Job 28:2 · American Standard Version

Job 28:2 in context

  1. 1“Surely there is a mine for silver,
    and a place for gold which they refine.
  2. 2Iron is taken out of the earth,
    and copper is smelted out of the ore.
  3. 3Man sets an end to darkness,
    and searches out, to the furthest bound,
    the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
  4. 4He breaks open a shaft away from where people live.
    They are forgotten by the foot.
    They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.