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Earth—from it comes food—
    is turned over below ground as by fire.[a]
Its rocks are the source for lapis lazuli;
    there is gold dust in it.
A path—
    no bird of prey knows it;
        a hawk’s eye hasn’t seen it;

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:5 Heb uncertain

The earth, from which food comes,(A)
    is transformed below as by fire;
lapis lazuli(B) comes from its rocks,
    and its dust contains nuggets of gold.(C)
No bird of prey knows that hidden path,
    no falcon’s eye has seen it.(D)

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