Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys;
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.
American Standard Version
And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among 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],
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 you come back to the Ruler of all, making yourself low before him; if you put evil far away from your tents; 24 And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys; 25 Then the Ruler of all will be your gold, and his teaching will be your silver;
Cross References
1 Kings 9:28
And they came to Ophir, where they got four hundred and twenty talents of gold, and took it back 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 Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.
1 Kings 22:48
And the representative of King Jehoshaphat made a Tarshish-ship to go to Ophir for gold, but it did not go, because it was broken at Ezion-geber.
2 Chronicles 1:5
And the altar of brass which Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the Tent of the Lord; and Solomon and all the people went to give worship there.
2 Chronicles 9:10
And the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with sandal-wood and jewels.
2 Chronicles 9:27
The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.
Job 31:25
If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;
Psalm 45:9
Kings' daughters are among your noble women: on your right is the queen in gold of Ophir.
Isaiah 13:12
I will make men so small in number, that a man will be harder to get than gold, even the best gold of Ophir.