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Iron is taken from the earth;
    rock is smelted into copper.
Humans[a] put an end to darkness,
    dig for ore to the farthest depths,
        into stone in utter darkness,
    open a shaft away from any inhabitant,
        places forgotten by those on foot,
        apart from any human they hang and sway.

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  1. Job 28:3 Or they

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