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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 10:9 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 10:9 |
King James |
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Everything connected with idols is the result of human effort.
Silver spread--(See on Isa 30:22; Isa 40:19).
Tarshish--Tartessus, in Spain, famed for precious metals.
Uphaz-- (Dan 10:5). As the Septuagint in the Syrian Hexapla in the Margin, THEODOTUS, the Syrian and Chaldee versions have "Ophir," GESENIUS thinks "Uphaz" a colloquial corruption (one letter only being changed) for "Ophir." Ophir, in Gen 10:29, is mentioned among Arabian countries. Perhaps Malacca is the country meant, the natives of which still call their gold mines Ophirs. HEEREN thinks Ophir the general name for the rich countries of the south, on the Arabian, African, and Indian coasts; just as our term, East Indies.
cunning--skilful. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Or, "It is a piece of wood (Jer 10:8 note); yea, beaten silver it is, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz: it is the work etc."
Tarshish ... Uphaz - See the marginal reference and Gen 10:4. Possibly Uphaz was a place in the neighborhood of the River Hyphasis.
Blue and purple - Both colors were purple, from dyes obtained from shellfish: but the former had a violet, the latter a red tinge. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Tarshish - Is the proper name of a sea - town in Cilicia, and being a noted port, it is usually put for the ocean, and may signify any place beyond the sea. Uphaz - Probably the best gold came from thence as the best silver from Tarshish. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Brought from Tarshish - Some suppose this to be Tartessus in Spain, from which the Phoenicians brought much silver. Uphaz, Calmet thinks to be the river Pison; some think Ophir is intended.
Blue and purple is their clothing - These were the most precious dyes; very rare, and of high price. |
29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.