24 ²³ All this is the book of the covenant of the Most High God,
the law which Moses commanded us
as an inheritance for the congregations of Jacob.
24 ²⁵ It fills men with wisdom, like the Pishon,
and like the Tigris at the time of the first fruits.
24 ²⁶ It makes them full of understanding, like the Euphrates,
and like the Jordan at harvest time.
24 ²⁷ It makes instruction shine forth like light,
like the Gihon at the time of vintage.
24 ²⁸ Just as the first man did not know her perfectly,
the last one has not fathomed her;
24 ²⁹ for her thought is more abundant than the sea,
and her counsel deeper than the great abyss.
24 ³⁰ I went forth like a canal from a river
and like a water channel into a garden.
24 ³¹ I said, "I will water my orchard
and drench my garden plot";
and lo, my canal became a river,
and my river became a sea.
24 ³² I will again make instruction shine forth
like the dawn, and I will make it shine afar;
24 ³³ I will again pour out teaching like prophecy,
and leave it to all future generations.
24 ³⁴ Observe that I have not laboured for myself alone,
but for all who seek instruction.