Job 22:24 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

English Amplified

If you lay gold in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brook [considering them of little worth],

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

If you lay gold in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brook [considering them of little worth],

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

and consign your gold to the dust, the gold of Ophir to the stones in the wadis,

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,

English EASY 2024

Throw away your gold things. Throw your pure gold among the rocks in the streams.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Think of your gold as nothing but dirt. Think of your finest gold as rocks from a stream.

if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent bed,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Throw away your gold; dump your finest gold in the dry stream bed.

English God's Word - GW 1995

and lay your gold down in the dust, and put your gold from Ophir among the pebbles in the rivers,

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

and consign your gold to the dust, [the gold of] Ophir to the stones in the wadis,

English KJV 1611

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

English LSB

And put your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Then you will lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

And place your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

And treat raw gold like dust, and the fine gold of Ophir as pebbles from the brook,

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

and throw your gold in the dust — your gold of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines —

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

You must throw your gold nuggets away. You must toss your gold from Ophir into a valley.

English NIV

and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,

English NKJ 1982

Then you will lay your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

English NLT

Give up your lust for money, and throw your precious gold into the river.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

if you treat gold like dust, and gold of Ophir like the stones of the torrent-bed,

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent bed,

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

If you give up your lust for money and throw your gold away,

English Tyndale 1537

He shall give thee an harvest, which in plenty and abundance shall exceed the dust of the earth, and the gold of Ophir like river stones.

Job 22:24 — Compare Translations