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Job 28:6

4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.

7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:

8 The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by 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 with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

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  • Exodus 24:10

    And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

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  • Song of Solomon 5:14

    His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

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  • Revelation 21:19

    And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;

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  • Isaiah 54:11

    O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

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