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Job 28:15–17

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15†It zcannot be gotten for agold,

Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

16It cannot bbe valued with the cgold of dOphir,

With the precious eonyx, or the fsapphire.

17The gold and the crystal cannot gequal it:

And the exchange of it shall not be for ||jewels of fine gold.

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Footnotes

  1. †Heb. Fine gold shall not be given for it.
  2. zSo Prov. 3:14. & 8:10, 11, 19. & 16:16.
  3. aSo 1 Kin. 6:20 marg.
  4. bver. 19. So Lam. 4:2.
  5. cPs. 45:9. Is. 13:12 (Heb.). So ver. 19. ch. 31:24 (Heb.). Pr. 25:12 (Heb.). Cant. 5:11. Lam. 4:1. Da. 10:5 (Heb.).
  6. dSee 1 Kin. 9:28.
  7. eSee Gen. 2:12.
  8. fver. 6.
  9. gSee ver. 13.
  10. ||Or, vessel of fine gold.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

It cannot be bought for gold,

and silver cannot be weighed as its price.

It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,

in precious onyx or sapphire.

Gold and glass cannot equal it,

nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It cannot be bought with the finest gold,

nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir,

with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.

Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it,

nor can it be had for jewels of gold.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Gold cannot be exchanged for it,

and silver cannot be weighed out for its price.

Wisdom cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,

in precious onyx or lapis lazuli.

Gold and glass do not compare with it,

and articles of fine gold cannot be exchanged for it.

NLTNew Living Translation

It cannot be bought with gold.

It cannot be purchased with silver.

It’s worth more than all the gold of Ophir,

greater than precious onyx or lapis lazuli.

Wisdom is more valuable than gold and crystal.

It cannot be purchased with jewels mounted in fine gold.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Refined gold cannot be gotten in its place,

and silver cannot be weighed out as its price.

It cannot be bought for the gold of Ophir,

for precious onyx or sapphire.

Gold and glass cannot be compared with it,

and its substitution cannot be an ornament of refined gold.