Job 28:6
Her stones are the place of sapphires, And she hath clods of gold for man.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
In Context
5The earth, out of which cometh bread, Is torn up underneath, as it were by fire.
7The path thereto no bird knoweth, And the vulture's eye hath not seen it;
Cross References
Job 28:16It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx or the sapphire.
Isaiah 54:11O thou afflicted, beaten with the storm, destitute of consolation! Behold, I lay thy stones in cement of vermilion, And 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 →