4 Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways. 5 Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire. 6 Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
Job 28:4–6
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Book of Enoch 65:6–8
6 And a command has gone forth from the presence of the Lord concerning those who dwell on the earth that their ruin is accomplished because they have learnt all the secrets of the angels, and all the violence of the Satans, and all their powers—the most secret… (ENO)
Job 28:20–22
20 From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell? 21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air. 22 Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
Job 28:9–11
9 The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base. 10 He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure. 11 He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
Job 8:16–18
16 He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden. 17 His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones. 18 If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
2 Enoch 8:3–5
3 And in the midst of the trees that of life, in that place whereon the Lord rests, when he goes up into paradise; and this tree is of ineffable goodness and fragrance, and adorned more than every existing thing; and on all sides it is in form gold-looking and… (2EN) 4 … (2EN)
Job 30:5–7
5 They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves, 6 so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground. 7 They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.
Job 26:4–6
4 To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you? 5 The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them. 6 Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
Book of Enoch 69:16–18
16 And these are the secrets of this oath . . . And they are strong through his oath: And the heaven was suspended before the world was created, And for ever. (ENO) 17 And through it the earth was founded upon the water, And from the secret recesses of the mountains come… (ENO) 18 … (ENO)
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