Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Its stones are the bed of sapphires;
It holds dust of gold.
New American Standard Bible
And its dust contains gold.
King James Version
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
Holman Bible
containing flecks of gold.
International Standard Version
where stones are sapphire and gold dust can be found,
A Conservative Version
The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
American Standard Version
The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.
Bible in Basic English
Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
Darby Translation
The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
Julia Smith Translation
Its stones the place of the sapphire, and dust gold to it
King James 2000
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it has dust of gold.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Its stones [are the] place of sapphire, and [the] earthen dirt {has} gold.
Modern King James verseion
Its stones are the place of sapphires; and it has dust of gold.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There is found a place, whose stones are clean Sapphires, and where the clots of the earth are gold.
NET Bible
a place whose stones are sapphires and which contains dust of gold;
New Heart English Bible
Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
The Emphasized Bible
The place of sapphires, are the stones thereof, and it hath, nuggets of gold: -
Webster
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
World English Bible
Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
Youngs Literal Translation
A place of the sapphire are its stones, And it hath dust of gold.
Interlinear
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Maqowm
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 28:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Discourse On Wisdom
5
“[As for] the earth, out of it comes food,
But underneath [its surface, down deep] it is turned over as fire.
“Its stones are the bed of sapphires;
It holds dust of gold.
“The path [deep within] no bird of prey knows,
And the falcon’s eye has not caught sight of it.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Exodus 24:10
and they saw [a manifestation of] the God of Israel; and under His feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, just as clear as the sky itself.
Job 28:16
“It cannot be valued in [terms of] the gold of Ophir,
In the precious onyx or beryl, or the sapphire.
Song of Songs 5:14
“His hands are rods of gold
Set with beryl;
His abdomen is a figure of carved ivory
Inlaid with sapphires.
Isaiah 54:11
“O you afflicted [city], storm-tossed, and not comforted,
Listen carefully, I will set your [precious] stones in mortar,
And lay your foundations with sapphires.
Revelation 21:19
The foundation stones of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third,