Job 28:6
The stones thereof are a place of saphirs, and the dust of it is golde.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
In Context
5Out of the same earth commeth bread, and vnder it, as it were fire is turned vp.
7There is a path which no foule hath knowen, neyther hath the kites eye seene it.
Cross References
Job 28:16It shall not be valued with the wedge of golde of Ophir, nor with the precious onix, nor the saphir.
Isaiah 54:11O thou afflicted and tossed with tempest, that hast no comfort, beholde, I wil lay thy stones with the carbuncle, and lay thy foundation with saphirs,
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 →