Job 28:6

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

…a place of sapphire are its stones, and dust of gold is unto it.

Latin

Locus sapphiri lapides ejus, et glebæ illius aurum.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Job 28:1–28

This section is an isolated speech. There is no speaker listed, so it might continue from earlier words. Some see it as a creative summary by the author of Job. It emphasizes the limits of human wisdom and sets the stage for the Lord's speeches.

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

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.
Job 28:16
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
Song of Solomon 5:14
His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is polished ivory bedecked with sapphires.
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.
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,

Glossary

Book of Baruch Book of Job Sapphire

Topics

Gold: Found in the Earth Metals: Dug out of the Earth Precious Stones: Dug out of the Earth Sapphire: A Precious Stone Select Readings: Nature's Testimony

Job 28:6

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