Job 28:6
Good News Translation
The stones of the earth contain sapphires, And its dust contains gold.

New Revised Standard Version
Its stones are the place of sapphires, and its dust contains gold.

Contemporary English Version
that have jewels or gold.

New American Bible
Its stones are the source of lapis lazuli, and there is gold in its dust.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.

sapphires

Job 28:16 It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.

Exodus 24:10 And they saw the God of Israel: and under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as the heaven, when clear.

Songs 5:14 His hands are turned and as of gold, full of hyacinths. His belly as of ivory, set with sapphires.

Isaiah 54:11 O poor little one, tossed with tempest, without all comfort, behold I will lay thy stones in order, and will lay thy foundations with sapphires,

Revelation 21:19 And 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; a chalcedony: the fourth, an emerald:

dust of gold.

Context
Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
5The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire. 6The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.7The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it.…
Cross References
Job 28:5
The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.

Job 28:7
The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it.

Job 28:5
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