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The earth, from it comes food,
And underneath it is overturned as fire.
Its rocks are the [a]source of sapphires,
And its dust contains gold.
The path no bird of prey knows,
Nor has the falcon’s eye caught sight of it.

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  1. Job 28:6 Or place

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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