Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 28:6

6. The stones of it are the place of Saphirs : and it hath dust of Gold .

i. e. Of pretious Stones, the Saphire, as one of the most eminent, being put for all the rest. In some parts of the Earth the Saphires are mixed with stones, and cut out of them and polished. Of this stone see Exod. 24. 10. Ezek. 1. 26. Cant. 5. 14. La[illegible: 1+ letters]. 4. 7.

i. e. The Earth containeth in or under it.

Which is a distinct thing from that Gold which is found in the mass or lump, of which v. 2. both sorts of Gold being found in the Earth.

Marginal references: Or, [illegible: 1 word]. [illegible: 1 word].