Parallel Verses
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.
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],
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.
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 For if thou wilt turn to the Almighty, thou shalt stand fast, and all unrighteousness shall be far from thy dwelling: 24 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. 25 Yea, the Almighty his own self shall be thine harvest, and the heap of thy money.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:28
And they went to Ophir and fetched from thence gold, to the sum of four hundred and twenty two talents, and brought it to Solomon.
Genesis 10:29
Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these are 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 wood of Lebanon were of pure gold. And as for silver, it was nothing worth in the days of Solomon.
1 Kings 22:48
And Jehoshaphat made ships in the sea to go to Ophir for gold, but they went not: for the ships brake at Eziongeber.
2 Chronicles 1:5
Moreover, the brazen altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur had made, was at Gibeon also, before the tabernacle of the LORD. And Solomon and the congregation went to visit it.
2 Chronicles 9:10
And thereto the servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon which brought gold from Ophir, brought also Algum wood and precious stones.
2 Chronicles 9:27
And the king made silver in Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and Cedar trees as plenteous as the mulberry trees that grow in the valleys.
Job 31:25
Have I rejoiced because my substance was great, and because my hand gat so much?
Psalm 45:9
Kings' daughters go in thy goodly array, and upon thy righthand standeth the queen in a vesture of the most fine gold.
Isaiah 13:12
I will make a man dearer than fine gold, and a man to be more worth than a golden wedge of Ophir.