Job 28:6

6 lapis lazuli comes from its rocks, and its dust contains nuggets of gold.

Job 28:6 in Other Translations

KJV
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
ESV
6 Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
NLT
6 Here the rocks contain precious lapis lazuli, and the dust contains gold.
MSG
6 Firing sapphires from stones and chiseling gold from rocks.
CSB
6 Its rocks are a source of sapphire, containing flecks of gold.

Job 28:6 In-Context

4 Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft, in places untouched by human feet; far from other people they dangle and sway.
5 The earth, from which food comes, is transformed below as by fire;
6 lapis lazuli comes from its rocks, and its dust contains nuggets of gold.
7 No bird of prey knows that hidden path, no falcon’s eye has seen it.
8 Proud beasts do not set foot on it, and no lion prowls there.

Cross References 2

  • 1. ver 16; Song of Songs 5:14; Isaiah 54:11
  • 2. S Job 22:24
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