King James Version

Job 28:6

The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.

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מְקוֹםmeqomcountryמָקוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “country”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4725properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)country, [idiom] home, [idiom] open, place, room, space, [idiom] whither(-soever).סַפִּ֥ירsapirsapphireסַפִּירnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “sapphire”, the ordinary formH5601a gem (perhaps used for scratching other substances), probably the sapphiresapphire.אֲבָנֶ֑יהָavaneyhastoneאֶבֶןnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “stone”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).וְעַפְרֹ֖תveafrotand dustעָפָרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and dust”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6083dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mudashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.זָהָ֣בzahavgoldזָהָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “gold”, the ordinary formH2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear skygold(-en), fair weather.לֽוֹlvotoלֽוֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.

Young’s Literal Translation

A place of the sapphire [are] its stones, And it hath dust of gold.

World English Bible

Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.

Darby Translation

The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.

Douay-Rheims

The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Her stones are the place of the sapphire: and her dust supplies man with gold.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τόπος σαπφείρου οἱ λίθοι αὐτῆς, καὶ χῶμα χρυσίον αὐτῷ.