King James Version
Job 22:24 in the King James Version says “Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. as dust: or, on the dust” — study this verse from Job chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. as dust: or, on the dust”
Job 22:24 · KJV
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. as dust: or, on the dust
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. defence: or, gold plenty: Heb. silver of strength
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“as”
H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“as the stones”
H6697properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
“of the brooks”
H5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
“and the gold of Ophir”
H211ophir, the name of a son of joktan, and of a gold region in the east
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