King James Version
Job 28:6 in the King James Version says “The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. dust: or, gold ore” — study this verse from Job chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. dust: or, gold ore”
Job 28:6 · KJV
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. dust: or, gold ore
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of it are the place”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
“of sapphires”
H5601a gem (perhaps used for scratching other substances), probably the sapphire
“of gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
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