Isaiah 13:12
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
KJV
Pretiosior erit vir auro, et homo mundo obrizo.
Vulgate
καὶ ἔσονται οἱ καταλελιμμένοι ἔντιμοι μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ χρυσίον τὸ ἄπυρον, καὶ ἄνθρωπος μᾶλλον ἔντιμος ἔσται ἢ ὁ λίθος ὁ ἐν Σουφείρ.
LXX
I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.
ASV
אוֹקִ֥יר אֱנ֖וֹשׁ מִ/פָּ֑ז וְ/אָדָ֖ם מִ/כֶּ֥תֶם אוֹפִֽיר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֱנ֣וֹשׁ
'nvsh
noun · 41×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
אוֹפִ֑יר
'vpyr
proper_noun · 13×
יִּיקַ֥ר
yyqr
verb · 11×
כֶ֥תֶם
ktm
noun · 9×
פָּ֑ז
pz
noun · 9×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 9:28 — And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
- Isa 4:1 — And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
- Isa 4:1 — And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
- Isa 24:6 — Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
- Job 22:24 — Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
- Job 28:16 — It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- Job 28:16 — It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- Ps 137:9 — Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.