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Isaiah 13:12

Ophir

10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
KJV
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
WEB
I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.
ASV
I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.
DARBY
I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even man than the gold of Ophir.
BLB
I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind than the gold of Ophir.
ÅB
Jeg vil gjøre folk sjeldnere enn fint gull og mennesker sjeldnere enn gull fra Ofir.
OTB
Jeg vil gjøre mennesker sjeldnere enn rent gull, mer sjeldne enn gullet fra Ofir.
B1930
Jeg vil gjøre folk sjeldnere enn fint gull og mennesker sjeldnere enn gull fra Ofir.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 4:1

    And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

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  • Isaiah 24:6

    Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

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  • Psalms 137:9

    Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

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  • Job 28:16

    It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

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  • Isaiah 13:15–18

    Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

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