Job 28:6
The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
In Context
5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire;
7It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;
Cross References
Job 28:16It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire.
Isaiah 54:11[Thou] afflicted, tossed with tempest, not comforted! Behold, I will set thy stones in antimony, and lay thy foundations with sapphires;
Matthew Henry on Job 28:2-12
Extent of Human Discoveries. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. 3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. 4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. 5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as… Read the whole commentary →