World English Bible
"I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir."
— Isaiah 13:12, World English Bible
“I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.”
“I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir. ”
“I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold, and people more scarce than gold from Ophir.”
“A man shall be more precious than gold, yea a man than the finest of gold.”
“I will make men so small in number, that a man will be harder to get than gold, even the best gold of Ophir.”
“I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.”
Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it.
For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will humble the haughtiness of the terrible.
I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place in the wrath of Yahweh of Armies, and in the day of his fierce anger.
It will happen that like a hunted gazelle, and like sheep that no one gathers, they will each turn to their own people, and will each flee to their own land.
Everyone who is found will be thrust through. Everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.