and the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are also there.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
- BSB And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
- NKJV And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there.
- NASB The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there as well.
- NLT The gold of that land is exceptionally pure; aromatic resin and onyx stone are also found there.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ezek 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. In the day that you were created they were prepared.
- Exod 28:20and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.
- Job 28:16It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- Exod 39:13and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold settings.
- Num 11:7The manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like the appearance of bdellium.
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