Job 28:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.”
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BSBPD
““Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 28:1 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 2:11The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
- Genesis 23:15“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
- Genesis 24:22And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
- 1 Kings 7:48Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
- 1 Kings 10:21All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
- 1 Chronicles 29:2Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.
- Psalms 12:6The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
- Proverbs 17:3A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
- Proverbs 27:21A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
- Isaiah 48:10See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
- Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire;I will refine them like silverand test them like gold.They will call on My name,and I will answer them.I will say, ‘They are My people,’and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
- Malachi 3:2But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
- 1 Peter 1:7so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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