Job 22:24
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
And place 
 
7896: to put, seta prim. root
[your] goldבָּ֑צֶר
(ba·tzer;)
1220: precious ore, an ingotfrom batsar
in the dust,עָפָ֥ר
(a·far)
6083: dry earth, dustfrom an unused word
And [the gold of] Ophirאֹופִֽיר׃
(o·v·fir.)
211: a son of Joktan, also his desc., also a region from which gold comesof uncertain derivation
among the stonesוּבְצ֖וּר
(u·ve·tzur)
6697: rock, clifffrom an unused word
of the brooks,נְחָלִ֣ים
(ne·cha·lim)
5158a: torrent, torrent-valley, wadiof uncertain derivation


















KJV Lexicon
Then shalt thou lay up
shiyth  (sheeth)
to place (in a very wide application) -- apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, look, make, mark, put (on), + regard, set, shew, be stayed, take.
gold
betser  (beh'-tser)
strictly a clipping, i.e. gold (as dug out) -- gold defence.
as
`al  (al)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications (as follow)
dust
`aphar  (aw-fawr')
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud -- ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
and the gold of Ophir
'Owphiyr  (o-feer')
Ophir, the name of a son of Joktan, and of a gold region in the East -- Ophir.
as the stones
tsuwr  (tsoor)
a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
of the brooks
nachal  (nakh'-al)
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine) -- brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And place your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and consign your gold to the dust, the gold of Ophir to the stones in the wadis,

International Standard Version
Bury your gold nuggets in the dust, and your source of gold among the stones in a streambed,

NET Bible
and throw your gold in the dust--your gold of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines--

GOD'S WORD® Translation
and lay your gold down in the dust, and put your gold from Ophir among the pebbles in the rivers,

King James 2000 Bible
Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
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