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Job 28:6
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Its rocks are a source of lapis lazuli,containing flecks of gold.
Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
Sapphires are found in rocks, and gold dust is also found there.
a place whose stones are sapphires and which contains dust of gold;
"Its stones are the bed of sapphires; It holds dust of gold.
"Its rocks are the source of sapphires, And its dust contains gold.
Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
The stones thereof are a place of saphirs, and the dust of it is golde.
Its rocks are the source of sapphires,And its dust contains gold.
Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
that have jewels or gold.
its rocks have veins of sapphire, and there are flecks of gold.
The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
The stones of it are the place where sapphires are found, and it has dust of gold in its paths.
The stones of the earth contain sapphires, And its dust contains gold.
Its stones are the place of sapphire, and the earthen dirt has gold.
The place of sapphires is in its stones, and it has dust of gold.
There is founde a place, whose stones are clene Saphirs, and where ye clottes of the earth are golde.
The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.
Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
The stones of it are the place of Saphires: and it hath dust of golde.
The stones of it are a place of Saphires, and the dust of it is golde.
Her stones are the place of the sapphire: and her dust supplies man with gold.
The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
The place of saphir ben stoonys therof, and the clottis therof ben gold.
The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it has dust of gold.
The stones of it [are] the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
Its stones are the source of sapphires, And it contains gold dust.
Here the rocks contain precious lapis lazuli, and the dust contains gold.
Sapphires come from its rocks and its dust has gold.
Its stones are the place of sapphires, and its dust contains gold.
The place of sapphires, are the stones thereof, and it hath, nuggets of gold: -
The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.
Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
A place of the sapphire [are] its stones, And it hath dust of gold.
"Its rocks are the source of sapphires, And its dust contains gold.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
sapphires: Job 28:16, Exodus 24:10, Song of Solomon 5:14, Isaiah 54:11, Revelation 21:19
dust of gold: or, gold ore
Reciprocal: Exodus 28:18 - sapphire
Cross-References
Then Isaac became so upset that he began to shake. He said, "Then who was it that cooked and brought me food before you came? I ate it all, and I blessed him. Now it is too late to take back my blessing."
Isaac called Jacob and blessed him. Then Isaac gave him a command and said, "You must not marry a Canaanite woman.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The stones of it [are] the place of sapphires,.... In some parts of the earth its stones are a quarry of sapphires, put here for all precious stones: this is a most excellent precious stone, of a sky colour, with golden specks, and was one of the stones in the breast plate of the high priest; and by which are represented the pavement under the feet of the God of Israel, the throne of Christ, his bowels and affections for his people, the comeliness of them, and the glory of his church in the latter day, Exodus 24:10;
and it hath dust of gold; some parts of the earth abound with the dust of gold; its dust is gold, or it hath gold as plenty as dust; though some think this refers to the sapphire in the preceding clause, which, as Pliny says d, has "pulvis aureus", dust of gold, in it, and shines and sparkles with golden points, or specks; and so say other writers e; but the word used rather signifies clods, lumps, masses of gold, which better agree with the earth; and, besides, no very good reason can be given why there should be such a particular description of the sapphire; whereas the earth is the original of that, and of all the other things before spoken of.
d Nat. Hist. l. 37. c. 9. e Ruaeus de Gemmis, l. 2. c. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The stones of it are the place - Among the stones of the earth sapphires are found. “The situation of the sapphire is in alluvial soil, in the vicinity of rocks, belonging to the secondary floetz trap formation, and imbedded in gneiss.” Jameson. “The sapphire occurs in considerable abundance in the granitic alluvion of Matura and Saffragam, in Ceylon.” Davy.
Sapphires - Compare the note at Isaiah 54:11. The sapphire is a precious stone, usually of a blue color, though it is sometimes yellow, red, violet. green, or white. In hardness it is inferior to the diamond only:
“In unroll’d tufts, flowers purpled, blue and white,
Like sapphire, pearl, in rich embroidery.”
Shakespeare
“He tinctures rubies with their rosy hue,
And on the sapphire spreads a heavenly blue.”
Blackmore
The mineral is, next to the diamond, the most valuable of the precious stones. The most highly prized varieties are the crimson and carmine red; these are the “Oriental ruby” of the traveler, and next to the diamond are the most valuable jewels hitherto discovered. The blue varieties - the sapphire of the jeweler - are next in value to the red. The yellow varieties - the “Oriental Topaz” of the jeweler - are of less value than the blue or true sapphire. Edinburgh Encyclopedia, article “Mineralogy.”
And it hath dust of gold - Margin, or “gold ore.” Literally, “The dusts of gold are in it.” Gold is often found in the form of dust. It is obtained by washing it from the sand, and passing it over a fleece of wool, to which the gold adheres.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 28:6. The stones - the place of sapphires — In the language of mineralogists, the gangue, matrix, or bed in which the sapphire is found. For a description of this stone, see on Job 28:16.
Dust of gold — Or rather, gold dust.
