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in places where the stones are sapphires[a]
and the dust is gold.
No scavenging bird knows the way there,
and the eyes of vultures[b] have not seen it.
The king of beasts has not set foot on it.
The lion has not prowled there.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:6 Or lapis lazuli
  2. Job 28:7 The identification of these birds is uncertain. They may be birds of prey like the falcon.

lapis lazuli(A) comes from its rocks,
    and its dust contains nuggets of gold.(B)
No bird of prey knows that hidden path,
    no falcon’s eye has seen it.(C)
Proud beasts(D) do not set foot on it,
    and no lion prowls there.(E)

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