Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

And place your gold in the dust,
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

and consign your gold to the dust,
the gold of Ophir to the stones in the wadis,

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.

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.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Then shalt thou lay up
שׁית 
Shiyth 
Usage: 83

בּצר 
Betser 
Usage: 2

as

Usage: 0

עפר 
`aphar 
Usage: 110

and the gold of Ophir
אופר אפיר אופיר 
'Owphiyr 
Usage: 13

as the stones
צר צוּר 
Tsuwr 
Usage: 76

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Job 22:24

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Context Readings

Eliphaz's Third Speech

23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. You must remove unrighteousness from your tents, 24 And place your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
25 and if the Almighty is your gold and your precious silver,

Cross References

1 Kings 9:28

They sailed to the land of Ophir and brought back to Solomon about sixteen tons of gold.

Genesis 10:29

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

1 Kings 10:21

All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold. 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

King Jehoshaphat had ocean-going ships built to sail to the land of Ophir for gold. They were wrecked at Eziongeber and never sailed.

2 Chronicles 1:5

The copper altar that Bezalel, son of Uri and grandson of Hur built was in front of Jehovah's Tent. There Solomon and the assembly worshiped Jehovah.

2 Chronicles 9:10

Huram's servants and Solomon's servants who brought gold from Ophir also brought sandalwood and precious stones.

2 Chronicles 9:27

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones. He made cedars as plentiful as fig trees in the foothills.

Job 31:25

if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, or because my hand had gotten much;

Psalm 45:9

Kings' daughters are among your noble ladies. At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

Isaiah 13:12

I will make mortal man harder to find than pure gold and mankind than the gold of Ophir.

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