Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Bury your gold nuggets in the dust, and your source of gold among the stones in a streambed,
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
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],
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 you return to the Almighty you'll be restored, as you remove iniquity from your household. 24 Bury your gold nuggets in the dust, and your source of gold among the stones in a streambed, 25 and then the Almighty will be your gold and your refined silver.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:28
They sailed as far as Ophir and brought back 420 talents of gold for Solomon.
Genesis 10:29
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were Joktan's descendants.
1 Kings 10:21
All of King Solomon's drinking vessels were made of gold, and all the vessels in his palace in the Lebanon forest were made of pure gold. None were of silver, because silver was never considered to be valuable during Solomon's lifetime,
1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat had ocean-going vessels from Tarshish sail to Ophir for gold, but they never made it because they were shipwrecked at Ezion-geber.
2 Chronicles 1:5
Also, the bronze altar that Uri's son Bezalel, Hur's grandson had erected, was in place in front of the LORD's tent. Solomon and the assembly sought the LORD there.
2 Chronicles 9:10
Hiram's servants and Solomon's servants, who brought gold from Ophir, also presented algum wood and other precious stones.
2 Chronicles 9:27
The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and made cedar trees as abundant as sycamore trees in the Shephelah.
Job 31:25
if I've found joy in great wealth that I own, if I've earned a lot with my own hands,
Psalm 45:9
The king's daughters are among your honorable women; the queen, dressed in gold from Ophir, has taken her place at your right hand."
Isaiah 13:12
I'll make people scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than gold from Ophir.