Holy Scripture

Job 28:6

A church father on this verse
“The stones of it are the place of sapphire, and her clods gold. The proclaim of the glory going before adds to the guilt of the sin following after. For the fall of every individual is of worse criminality, in proportion as before he fell he had the power to be of greater excellency. Thus let it be told of Judaea, let…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XVIII

Source: Septuagint

Original

6Her stones are the place of the sapphire: And her dust supplies man with gold.

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4There is a cutting off of the torrent by reason of dust: So they that forget the right way are weakened; they are removed from among men.

5As for the earth, out of it shall come bread: Under it has been turned up as it were fire.

— Job 28:6 —

7There is a path, the fowl has not known it, Neither has the eye of the vulture seen it:

8Neither have the sons of the proud trodden it, A lion has not passed upon it.

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