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As for the earth, out of it comes bread;
    but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
Its stones are the place of sapphires,[a]
    and its dust contains gold.

“That path no bird of prey knows,
    and the falcon’s eye has not seen it.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:6 Or lapis lazuli

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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