Job 28:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 45:9 : 9 Kings' daughters are among your noble women: on your right is the queen in gold of Ophir.
  • Isa 13:12 : 12 I will make men so small in number, that a man will be harder to get than gold, even the best gold of Ophir.
  • Ezek 28:13 : 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready.
  • Exod 28:20 : 20 The fourth, a topaz, a beryl, and a jasper; they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold.
  • 1 Chr 29:4 : 4 Even three thousand talents of gold of Ophir and seven thousand talents of the best silver, for plating the walls of the house:

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    1 Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.

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