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Job 28:6

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.

Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.

7 No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.

8 Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.

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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
Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
KJV
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
WEB
Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
ASV
The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.
DARBY
The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
BLB
a place of sapphire [are] its stones, and dust of gold [is] unto it.
ÅB
Safiren har sin bolig i dens steiner, og gullklumper finnes der.
OTB
Dens steiner gir safirer,
Og dens støv inneholder gull.
B1930
Safiren har sin bolig i dens stener, og gullklumper finnes der.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Job 28:16

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

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  • Exodus 24:10

    and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.

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  • Song of Solomon 5:14

    His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires.

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  • Revelation 21:19

    The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

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  • Isaiah 54:11

    “O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.

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