And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, Andthe gold ofOphir among the stones of the brooks;
and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.
And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,
Job — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
J O B CHAP. XXII. Eliphaz here leads on a third attack upon poor Job, in which Bildad followed him, but Zophar drew back, and quitted the field. It was one of the unhappinesses of Job, as it is of many an honest man, to be misunderstood by his friends.…