Job 28:1 Cross References - BBE

¹ Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.

¹¹ The name of the first is Pishon, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold. ¹² And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

¹⁵ My lord, give ear to me: the value of the land is four hundred shekels; what is that between me and you? so put your dead to rest there.

²² And when the camels had had enough, the man took a gold nose-ring, half a shekel in weight, and two ornaments for her arms of ten shekels weight of gold;

⁴⁸ And Solomon had all the vessels made for use in the house of the Lord: the altar of gold and the gold table on which the holy bread was placed; ⁴⁹ And the supports for the lights, five on the right side and five on the left before the inmost room, of clear gold; and the flowers and the lights and all the instruments of gold; ⁵⁰ And the cups and the scissors and the basins and the spoons and the fire-trays, all of gold; and the pins on which the doors were turned, the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and the doors of the Temple, all of gold.

²¹ And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

² Now as far as I am able, I have made ready what is needed for the house of my God; the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the silver things, and the brass for the brass things, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; beryls and jewels to be framed, and stones of different colours for ornament; all sorts of stones of great price, and polished building-stone, as much as is needed and more. ³ And because this house of God is dear to me, I give my private store of gold and silver to the house of my God, in addition to all I have got ready for the holy house; ⁴ Even three thousand talents of gold of Ophir and seven thousand talents of the best silver, for plating the walls of the house: ⁵ Gold for the gold things, and silver for the silver things, and for every sort of work to be done by the expert workmen. Who then will come forward, offering himself this day for the Lord's work?

⁶ The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times.

³ The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

²¹ The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.

¹⁰ See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.

⁹ And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.

² But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap. ³ He will take his seat, testing and cleaning the sons of Levi, burning away the evil from them as from gold and silver; so that they may make offerings to the Lord in righteousness.

⁷ So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire, may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ: