Isaiah Chapter 13 verse 12 Holy Bible
I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.
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I will make men so small in number, that a man will be harder to get than gold, even the best gold of Ophir.
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I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even man than the gold of Ophir.
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I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
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I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.
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I make man more rare than fine gold, And a common man than pure gold of Ophir.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - I will make a man more precious than fine gold (comp. Isaiah 4:1). Population shall he so diminished that man shall be the most highly esteemed of commodities. The more scanty the supply of a thing, the greater its value. The golden wedge of Ophir; rather, pure gold of Ophir. Ophir is mentioned as a gold-region in 1 Kings 9:28; 1 Kings 10:11; 1 Kings 22:48; 1 Chronicles 29:4; 2 Chronicles 8:18; 2 Chronicles 9:10; Job 22:24; Job 28:16; Psalm 45:9. Its locality is uncertain. Gold of Ophir appears to have been considered especially pure.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) I will make a man more precious.--Both the words for man (e?nosh and a?dam) express, as in Psalm 8:2, the frailty of man's nature. The words may point to the utter destruction, in which but few men should be left. The "gold of Ophir" (the gold coast near the mouth of the Indus) was proverbial for its preciousness (Job 22:24; Job 28:16; 1Chronicles 29:4; 1Kings 9:28; 1Kings 22:48). . . .
