Job 28:1 ““Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.”

Job 28:1

“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.

World English Bible

“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

American Standard Version

Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.

Geneva Bible 1599

The siluer surely hath his veyne, and ye gold his place, where they take it.

Darby Translation

Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;

Young's Literal Translation

Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine;

Bible in Basic English

Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.

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Cross references

“the silver”

Genesis 23:15 Genesis 24:22 1 Kings 7:48–50 1 Kings 10:21 1 Chronicles 29:2–5 Genesis 2:11

Genesis 23:15 · BSB

“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

Genesis 24:22 · BSB

And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.

1 Kings 7:48–50 · BSB

Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;

1 Kings 10:21 · BSB

All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

1 Chronicles 29:2–5 · BSB

Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings,…

Genesis 2:11 · BSB

The name of the first river is the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

“where they fine it”

1 Peter 1:7 Proverbs 17:3 Isaiah 48:10 Psalm 12:6 Proverbs 27:21 Zechariah 13:9

1 Peter 1:7 · BSB

so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Proverbs 17:3 · BSB

A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.

Isaiah 48:10 · BSB

See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

Psalm 12:6 · BSB

The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.

Proverbs 27:21 · BSB

A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.

Zechariah 13:9 · BSB

This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our G…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.

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