Job 28:17-19
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
17 Gold and glass cannot equal it,
nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal;
the price of wisdom is above pearls.
19 The chrysolite of Ethiopia[a] cannot compare with it,
nor can it be valued in pure gold.
Footnotes
- Job 28:19 Or Nubia; Heb Cush
Job 28:17-19
New International Version
Job 28:17-19
English Standard Version
17 Gold and glass cannot equal it,
nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18 No mention shall be made of (A)coral or of crystal;
the price of wisdom is above (B)(C)pearls.
19 (D)The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
nor can it be valued in pure gold.
Job 28:17-19
King James Version
17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
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