unfoldingWord_en_tn/job/28/01.md

# mine

This is a place where people dig rocks out of the earth. These rocks have metal in them.

# refine

This is the process of heating a metal to remove all of the impurities that are in it.

# Iron is taken out of the earth

This can be stated in active form. AT: "People take iron out of the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# copper is smelted out of the stone

This can be stated in active form. AT: "people smelt copper out of the stone" or "people heat stone to melt copper out of it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# copper

an important red-brown colored metal

# smelted

This is a process of heating rocks to melt the metal in them in order to get the metal out of the rocks.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/silver]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gold]]