Sirach 38:28 CPDV

²⁶  With what wisdom will someone be filled who holds the plow, and who boasts of the cattle prod that drives the oxen forward, and who is occupied in these labors, and whose only conversation is about the offspring of bulls?

²⁷  He will give his mind over to the plowing of furrows, and his vigilance to the fattening of the cows.

²⁸  Similarly, every craftsman and artisan, who crafts in the night as well as in the day, who sculpts graven seals, and who, by his diligence, varies the image, will give his mind over to the likeness of the image. And he will complete the work by his vigilance.

²⁹  The blacksmith, sitting by his anvil and considering a work of iron, is similar. The steam from the fire singes his flesh, and he struggles against the heat of the furnace.

³⁰  The voice of the hammer is ever in his ears, and his eye is upon the pattern of the ironwork.