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Iron is taken out of the earth,
    and copper is smelted from ore.
Miners put[a] an end to darkness,
    and search out to the farthest bound
    the ore in gloom and deep darkness.
They open shafts in a valley away from human habitation;
    they are forgotten by travellers,
    they sway suspended, remote from people.

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  1. Job 28:3 Heb He puts

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