Job 28:16

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.”

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BSBPD

“It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 28:16 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 28:20and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.
  2. 1 Chronicles 29:4three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,
  3. Psalms 45:9The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
  4. Isaiah 13:12I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
  5. Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.

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