Line by Line - Verse 41, Line 18

The Tao is hidden, and has no name;
~ James Legge translation, from The Sacred Books of the East, 1891 ~

The Tao is hidden and without name.
~ Gia-fu Feng and Jane English translation, published by Vintage Books, 1989 ~

The Tao is hidden and nameless
~ Derek Lin translation, from Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained, published by SkyLight Paths, 2006 ~

Tao is hidden to us
and it has no name.
~ Ron Hogan rendition, from Beatrice.com, 2004 ~

How could any of us grasp that which makes anything and everything possible? If a person somehow could get a hold of this information, me thinks their brain would explode on the spot!

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