Job 28:6

NETBible

a place whose stones are sapphires 1  and which contains dust of gold; 2 

NIV ©

sapphires come from its rocks, and its dust contains nuggets of gold.

NASB ©

"Its rocks are the source of sapphires, And its dust contains gold.

NLT ©

"People know how to find sapphires and gold dust––

MSG ©

Firing sapphires from stones and chiseling gold from rocks.

BBE ©

Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.

NRSV ©

Its stones are the place of sapphires, and its dust contains gold.

NKJV ©

Its stones are the source of sapphires, And it contains gold dust.

KJV
The stones
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of it [are] the place
<04725>
of sapphires
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and it hath dust
<06083>
of gold
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{dust...: or, gold ore}
NASB ©
"Its rocks
<68>
are the source
<4725>
of sapphires
<5601>
, And its dust
<6083>

contains
gold
<2091>
.
LXXM
topov
<5117> 
N-NSM
sapfeirou
<4552> 
N-GSF
oi
<3588> 
T-NPM
liyoi
<3037> 
N-NPM
authv
<846> 
D-GSF
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
cwma {N-NSN} crusion
<5553> 
N-NSN
autw
<846> 
D-DSM
NET [draft] ITL
a place
<04725>
whose stones
<068>
are sapphires
<05601>
and which contains dust
<06083>
of gold
<02091>
;
HEBREW
wl
<0>
bhz
<02091>
trpew
<06083>
hynba
<068>
rypo
<05601>
Mwqm (28:6)
<04725>
NETBible

a place whose stones are sapphires 1  and which contains dust of gold; 2 

NET Notes

1 tn It is probably best to take “place” in construct to the rest of the colon, with an understood relative clause: “a place, the rocks of which are sapphires.”

1 sn The modern stone known as sapphire is thought not to have been used until Roman times, and so some other stone is probably meant here, perhaps lapis lazuli.

2 sn H. H. Rowley (Job [NCBC], 181) suggests that if it is lapis lazuli, then the dust of gold would refer to the particles of iron pyrite found in lapis lazuli which glitter like gold.