Księga Hioba 28:6

Biblia Tysiąclecia

W niektórych miejscach jest kamień Safir, i piasek złoty;

Parallel Translations

Biblia Brzeska (1563)
Jest też niektóre miejsce, na którym znajdują kamień szafir i bryły złota.

Biblia Gdańska (1632)
W niektórych miejscach jest kamień Safir, i piasek złoty;

Nowe Przymierze Zaremba
W jej kamieniach kryją się szafiry, przy nich trafiają się okruchy złota.

Nowa Biblia Gdańska (2012)
Pokładem szafirów są jej kamienie i złoty piasek udziałem.

Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska
Jej kamienie zawierają szafiry i piasek złoty;

Biblia Warszawska
Jej kamienie zawierają szafiry, ma też w nich ziarenka złota.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sapphires: Job 28:16, Exodus 24:10, Song of Solomon 5:14, Isaiah 54:11, Revelation 21:19

dust of gold: or, gold ore

Reciprocal: Exodus 28:18 - sapphire

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The stones of it [are] the place of sapphires,.... In some parts of the earth its stones are a quarry of sapphires, put here for all precious stones: this is a most excellent precious stone, of a sky colour, with golden specks, and was one of the stones in the breast plate of the high priest; and by which are represented the pavement under the feet of the God of Israel, the throne of Christ, his bowels and affections for his people, the comeliness of them, and the glory of his church in the latter day, Exodus 24:10;

and it hath dust of gold; some parts of the earth abound with the dust of gold; its dust is gold, or it hath gold as plenty as dust; though some think this refers to the sapphire in the preceding clause, which, as Pliny says d, has "pulvis aureus", dust of gold, in it, and shines and sparkles with golden points, or specks; and so say other writers e; but the word used rather signifies clods, lumps, masses of gold, which better agree with the earth; and, besides, no very good reason can be given why there should be such a particular description of the sapphire; whereas the earth is the original of that, and of all the other things before spoken of.

d Nat. Hist. l. 37. c. 9. e Ruaeus de Gemmis, l. 2. c. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The stones of it are the place - Among the stones of the earth sapphires are found. “The situation of the sapphire is in alluvial soil, in the vicinity of rocks, belonging to the secondary floetz trap formation, and imbedded in gneiss.” Jameson. “The sapphire occurs in considerable abundance in the granitic alluvion of Matura and Saffragam, in Ceylon.” Davy.

Sapphires - Compare the note at Isaiah 54:11. The sapphire is a precious stone, usually of a blue color, though it is sometimes yellow, red, violet. green, or white. In hardness it is inferior to the diamond only:

“In unroll’d tufts, flowers purpled, blue and white,

Like sapphire, pearl, in rich embroidery.”

Shakespeare

“He tinctures rubies with their rosy hue,

And on the sapphire spreads a heavenly blue.”

Blackmore

The mineral is, next to the diamond, the most valuable of the precious stones. The most highly prized varieties are the crimson and carmine red; these are the “Oriental ruby” of the traveler, and next to the diamond are the most valuable jewels hitherto discovered. The blue varieties - the sapphire of the jeweler - are next in value to the red. The yellow varieties - the “Oriental Topaz” of the jeweler - are of less value than the blue or true sapphire. Edinburgh Encyclopedia, article “Mineralogy.”

And it hath dust of gold - Margin, or “gold ore.” Literally, “The dusts of gold are in it.” Gold is often found in the form of dust. It is obtained by washing it from the sand, and passing it over a fleece of wool, to which the gold adheres.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 28:6. The stones - the place of sapphires — In the language of mineralogists, the gangue, matrix, or bed in which the sapphire is found. For a description of this stone, see on Job 28:16.

Dust of gold — Or rather, gold dust.