What are eight elements mentioned in the bible?

Answer 1

Depends on the translation. In the King James Bible, it's - from heaviest atomic weight to lightest, using only the first reference - lead (Exodus 15:10), gold (Genesis 2:11), tin (Numbers 31:22), silver (Genesis 24:53), copper (Ezra 8:27), iron (Genesis 4:22), brimstone - Latin "sulphur," sulfur (Genesis 19:24) and coal - Latin "carbo," carbon (Proverbs 26:21). The New International Version also has these same eight elements, but the first reference to copper is in Deuteronomy 8:9. (In the KJV, that same reference is translated as brass.) Also, NIV translates most references to "coal" as "charcoal," which nonetheless translates to "carbo" in Latin, and most references to "brimstone" as "sulfur."

The lesser used Darby Bible also references antimony in Isaiah 54:11, and the English Standard Version and New American Standard follow John Nelson Darby's lead. (The KJV has "fair colours," and the NIV has "turquoise" for a Hebrew word of unclear meaning.) ESV and NAS also reference antimony in 1 Chronicles 29:2, where KJV and DBY have "glistering stones" and NIV again has "turquoise."

Although they were known in the Middle East in Biblical times, arsenic, mercury/quicksilver and bismuth are not referenced in any translation of The Bible.

Answer 2

The king James bible mentions eight names of elements.