Job 28:6
Here the rocks contain lapis lazuli and the dust contains gold.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
In Context
5Bread comes from the earth, but underneath it looks as if it has been turned upside-down by fire.
7No birds of prey can see these paths, no falcon's eye can perceive.
Cross References
Job 28:16Its value cannot be measured, even with the gold of Ophir; it is more precious than onyx or lapis lazuli.
Isaiah 54:11My poor storm-damaged city that can't be comforted! Look, I'm going to reset your stones in cement made of antimony, I will use sapphires to lay your foundations.
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 →