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Job 28:17

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28:17Neither gold nor crystal28 can be compared with it,

nor can a vase29 of gold match its worth.

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Footnotes

  1. 28 The word is from זָכַךְ (zakhakh, “clear”). It describes a transparent substance, and so “glass” is an appropriate translation. In the ancient world it was precious and so expensive.
  2. 29 The has “vase”; but the versions have a plural here, suggesting jewels of gold.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Gold and glass cannot equal it,

nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it,

nor can it be had for jewels of gold.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Gold and glass do not compare with it,

and articles of fine gold cannot be exchanged for it.

NLTNew Living Translation

Wisdom is more valuable than gold and crystal.

It cannot be purchased with jewels mounted in fine gold.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Gold and glass cannot be compared with it,

and its substitution cannot be an ornament of refined gold.

KJV 1900King James Version

The gold and the crystal cannot equal it:

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