Job 28 · Verse 6

Job 28:6

The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
Job 28:6, King James Version

Job 28:6 in other translations

BSBIts rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
WEBSapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
ASVThe stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.
YLTA place of the sapphire are its stones, And it hath dust of gold.
DARBYThe stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
BBEIts stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
WebsterThe stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.

What does Job 28:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. Sapphires are found in alluvial soil near rocks and embedded in gneiss. The ancients distinguished two kinds: 1. The real, of transparent blue: 2. That improperly so called, opaque, with gold spots; that is, lapis lazuli. To the latter, looking like gold dust, Umbreit refers "dust of gold." English Version better, "The stones of the earth are, &c., and the clods of it (Vulgate) are gold"; the parallel clauses are thus neater.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 (note). Dust of gold - Or rather, gold dust.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 28:1-11

Job maintained that the dispensations of Providence were regulated by the highest wisdom. To confirm this, he showed of what a great deal of knowledge and wealth men may make themselves masters. The caverns of the earth may be discovered, but not the counsels of Heaven. Go to the miners, thou sluggard in religion, consider their ways, and be wise. Let their courage and diligence in seeking the wealth that perishes…

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Job 28:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מְקוֹם\־me.kom-[are] a place ofH4725
סַפִּ֥ירsa.PirsapphireH5601
אֲבָנֶ֑יהָ'a.va.Nei.hastones itsH68
וְעַפְרֹ֖תve.'af.Rotand dust<s> ofH6083
זָהָ֣בza.HavgoldH2091
לֽוֹ\׃lo[belong] to it

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 28:6

  • Job 28:16

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

  • Exodus 24:10

    And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

  • Song of Solomon 5:14

    His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

  • Revelation 21:19

    And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;

  • Isaiah 54:11

    O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sapphires.
16; Ex 24:10; So 5:14; Isa 54:11; Re 21:19
dust of gold. or, gold ore.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 28:5

    As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

  • Job 28:6

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

  • Job 28:7

    There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:

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Job 28:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Lugar hay cuyas piedras son zafiro, y sus polvos de oro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ses pierres sont le lieu du saphir, et la poussière d’or s’y trouve.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ihr Gestein ist der Sitz des Saphirs, und Goldstufen sind darin.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Locus sapphiri lapides ejus, et glebæ illius aurum.