Job 28:1
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
מוֹצָא
môwtsâʼ
a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exp...
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
Key Terms in This Verse
מוֹצָא môwtsâʼ
a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a...
Study H4161 →זָהָב zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
Study H2091 →מָקוֹם mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
Study H4725 →Cross References
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my ...
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
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...
My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
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