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Food grows on the ground above.
    But underground it is different,
    as if everything were melted by fire.
In the rocks there are sapphires
    and grains of pure gold.
Wild birds know nothing about the way to these places.
    No falcon[a] has ever seen it.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:7 falcon A kind of bird, like a hawk.

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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