Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.
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.
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.
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 22:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Third Speech
23 If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents. 24 So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering. 25 And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver is strength to thee.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:28
and they come in to Ophir and take thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and bring it in unto king Solomon.
Genesis 10:29
and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these are sons of Joktan;
1 Kings 10:21
And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon are of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon are of refined gold -- there are none of silver; it was not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything,
1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat made ships at Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, and they went not, for the ships were broken in Ezion-Geber.
2 Chronicles 1:5
and the altar of brass that Bezaleel son of Uri, son of Hur made, he put before the tabernacle of Jehovah; and Solomon and the assembly seek to it.
2 Chronicles 9:10
And also, servants of Huram, and servants of Solomon, who brought in gold from Ophir, have brought in algum-trees and precious stone.
2 Chronicles 9:27
And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as sycamores, that are in the low country, for abundance,
Job 31:25
If I rejoice because great is my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,
Psalm 45:9
Daughters of kings are among thy precious ones, A queen hath stood at thy right hand, In pure gold of Ophir.
Isaiah 13:12
I make man more rare than fine gold, And a common man than pure gold of Ophir.