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Job Chapter 22 verse 24 Holy Bible

ASV Job 22:24

And lay thou `thy' treasure in the dust, And `the gold of' Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
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BBE Job 22:24

And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys;
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DARBY Job 22:24

And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,
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KJV Job 22:24

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
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WBT Job 22:24

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
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WEB Job 22:24

Lay your treasure in the dust, The gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
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YLT Job 22:24

So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 24. - Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust; rather, then shalt thou lay thy treasure in the dust; i.e. hold it in slight esteem, because of its abundance. And the gold of Ophir (literally, and Ophir) shall be to thee as the stones of the brooks, (comp. 2 Chronicles 9:27, "And the king [i.e. Solomon] made silver in Jerusalem as stones"). "Ophir" stands, no doubt, for untold wealth, being the great gold- producing country (see 1 Kings 9:28; 1 Kings 10:11; 1 Kings 22:48; 1 Chronicles 29:41; Psalm 45:9; Isaiah 13:12). (On its location, see the article on "Ophir," in Smith's 'Dict. of the Bible,' vol 2. pp. 637-652, and compare the comment on Job 28:16.)

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) The gold of Ophir.--And, moreover, that the wealth for which he was so famous among the children of the East was the accumulation of iniquity and wrong-doing. The sense probably is, "Put thy treasure on a level with the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks": that is, reckon it of no more value than such stones; do not set thine heart upon it. The situation of Ophir has always been a matter of dispute. Josephus placed it in India (Antt. viii. 6, ? 4), as do some moderns; others suppose it to have been an Indian colony in Southern Arabia, and others have placed it on the east coast of Africa.