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.
Silver spread - (note, Isaiah 30:22; Isaiah 40:19).
Tarshish - Tartessus, in Spain, famed for precious metals.
Uphaz - (Daniel 10:5). As the Septuagint in the Syrian Hexapla in the margin, Theodotus, the Syrian and Chaldee versions have Ophir, Gesenius thinks Uphas is a colloquial corruption (one letter only being changed) for Ophir. Ophir, in Genesis 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.
Work of cunning men - skillful men.