Job 28:6

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“A place of the sapphire <FI>are<Fi> its stones, And it hath dust of gold.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 28:6 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 24:10and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
  2. Job 28:16It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
  3. Song of Solomon 5:14His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires.
  4. 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.
  5. Revelation 21:19The 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,

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