Job 22:24
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
עָפָר
ʻâphâr
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
אוֹפִיר
ʼÔwphîyr
Ophir, the name of a son of Joktan, and of a gold region in the East
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Key Terms in This Verse
אוֹפִיר ʼÔwphîyr
Ophir, the name of a son of Joktan, and of a gold region in the East
Study H211 →נַחַל nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Study H5158 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →זָהָב zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
Study H2091 →זָהָב zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
Study H2091 →Cross References
And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
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 Solom...
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
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