Job 22:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And lay thou [thy] treasure in the dust, And [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָ֥ר בָּ֑צֶר וּבְצ֖וּר נְחָלִ֣ים אוֹפִֽיר׃

Transliteration

wə-šît-ʿal-ʿāpār bāṣer û-bəṣûr nəḥālîm ʾôpîr

Grammar Details

*wə-šît*: conjunction + Qal imperative, masculine singular - and place
*ʿal-ʿāpār*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - on dust
*bāṣer*: noun, masculine singular - gold ore/precious metal
*û-bəṣûr*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - and among rock of
*nəḥālîm*: noun, masculine plural - streams/wadis
*ʾôpîr*: proper noun - Ophir

Word Meanings

*šît*: to put/place/set
*ʿāpār*: dust/earth/dirt
*bāṣer*: gold ore/precious metal
*bəṣûr*: rock/stone/cliff
*nəḥālîm*: streams/wadis/valleys
*ʾôpîr*: Ophir (place known for fine gold)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 9:28 : 28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Isa 13:12 : 12 I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.
Gen 10:29 : 29 and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
1 Kgs 10:21 : 21 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
1 Kgs 22:48 : 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
2 Chr 1:5 : 5 Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of Jehovah: and Solomon and the assembly sought unto it.
2 Chr 9:10 : 10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, that brought gold from Ophir, brought algum - trees and precious stones.
2 Chr 9:27 : 27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
Job 31:25 : 25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;
Ps 45:9 : 9 Kings' daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

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