Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
New American Standard Bible
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
King James Version
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Holman Bible
the gold of Ophir
International Standard Version
Bury your gold nuggets in the dust, and your source of gold among the stones in a streambed,
A Conservative Version
Then thou shall lay up gold as dust, and [the gold of] Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Amplified
And place your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks [considering it of little value],
Bible in Basic English
And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys;
Darby Translation
And put the precious ore with the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrents,
Julia Smith Translation
Place thou gold upon the dust, and the precious ore of the torrents of Ophir.
King James 2000
Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and [if you] put gold ore in [the] dust, and [the] gold of Ophir in [the] rock of wadis,
Modern King James verseion
Then you shall lay up gold like dust, and among the rock of the torrents of Ophir.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He shall give thee a harvest, which in plenty and abundance shall exceed the dust of the earth, and the gold of Ophir like river stones.
NET Bible
and throw your gold in the dust -- your gold of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines --
New Heart English Bible
Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
The Emphasized Bible
Then lay up, in the dust, precious ore, and, among the stones of the torrent-beds, fine gold:
Webster
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
World English Bible
Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
Youngs Literal Translation
So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 22:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Third Speech
23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents. 24 And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks; 25 And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:28
And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Genesis 10:29
and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
1 Kings 10:21
And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
2 Chronicles 1:5
Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of Jehovah: and Solomon and the assembly sought unto it.
2 Chronicles 9:10
And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, that brought gold from Ophir, brought algum-trees and precious stones.
2 Chronicles 9:27
And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
Job 31:25
If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;
Psalm 45:9
Kings daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
Isaiah 13:12
I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.