Places in Job 28

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Places

Place Possible identifications (tap to highlight on the map)
Ethiopia
Job 28:19

  1. pyramid at El-Kurru in EthiopiaEthiopia
Ophir
Job 28:16

  1. bridge in southwestern Arabiasouthwestern Arabia

  2. panorama of hills in PuntPunt

  3. ruins at SoparaSopara

  4. ruins at AdulisAdulis

  5. natural area in GoaGoa

  6. satellite view of the region around Mahd adh DhahabMahd adh Dhahab

  7. panorama of oasis in OmanOman

  8. buildings at PoovarPoovar

  9. ruins at SofalaSofala

  10. coastline of Sri LankaSri Lanka

  11. panorama of a mountain in SumatraSumatra

Image Credits

Bertramz, Bernard Gagnon, Abukar Musa, Nahushraj, Selaloulol, Dominik Hundhammer, Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019, Hendrik Dacquin, Kulvinder Bisla, Jules Frémeaux, Raveenhw, Fajran08

About

This page attempts to identify all possible locations for every place mentioned in this chapter of the Bible.

The isobands you see on the map (gray areas with dark borders) attempt to give you confidence where a region is. Because many ancient regions aren't precisely defined, I consulted atlases to determine where the biblical region is located and used that data to build the isobands. The smaller isobands reflect more confidence that the given isoband is in the region, while the larger isobands reflect less confidence. Isobands are a kind of contour line that here indicate confidence levels.