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They open shafts in a valley away from where men live;
    they are forgotten by travelers,
    they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
As for the earth, out of it comes bread;
    but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
Its stones are the place of sapphires,[a]
    and it has dust of gold.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:6 Or lapis lazuli

Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft,(A)
    in places untouched by human feet;
    far from other people they dangle and sway.
The earth, from which food comes,(B)
    is transformed below as by fire;
lapis lazuli(C) comes from its rocks,
    and its dust contains nuggets of gold.(D)

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