Job 28:6
What does Job 28:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 28:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A place of the sapphire <FI>are<Fi> its stones, And it hath dust of gold.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 24:10
and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness.
- Song of Solomon 5:14
His hands areasrings of gold set with beryl: His body isasivory work overlaid with sapphires.
- Isaiah 54:11
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
- Job 28:16
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- Revelation 21:19
The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
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