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Job 28:16

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

KJV

Non conferetur tinctis Indiæ coloribus, nec lapidi sardonycho pretiosissimo vel sapphiro.

Vulgate

καὶ οὐ συνβασταχθήσεται χρυσίῳ Σωφείρ, ἐν ὄνυχι τιμίῳ καὶ σαπφείρῳ·

LXX

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

ASV

לֹֽא תְ֭סֻלֶּה בְּ/כֶ֣תֶם אוֹפִ֑יר בְּ/שֹׁ֖הַם יָקָ֣ר וְ/סַפִּֽיר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אוֹפִ֑יר
'vpyr
proper_noun · 13×
יְקָרָ֑ה
yqrh
noun · 35×
כֶ֥תֶם
ktm
noun · 9×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
סַפִּ֖יר
spyr
noun · 11×
שֹׁ֖הַם
shhm
noun · 11×
תְ֭סֻלֶּה
tslh
verb · 4×

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.
  • Ezek 28:13 — Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,
  • Gen 2:12 — And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
  • Isa 13:12 — I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
  • Isa 13:12 — I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
  • Job 28:6 — The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
  • Ps 45:9 — Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
  • Rev 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;