Job 28:17-19

Contemporary English Version

¹⁷Nothing is its equal—
    not gold or costly glass.^[a]
¹⁸Wisdom is worth much more than
    coral, jasper,^[b] or rubies.
¹⁹All the topaz^[c] of Ethiopia^[d]
and the finest gold
    cannot compare with it.

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Footnotes

28.17 costly glass: In the ancient world, objects made of glass were costly.
28.18 jasper: A valuable stone, usually green or clear.
28.19 topaz: A valuable, yellow stone.
28.19 Ethiopia: The Hebrew text has “Cush,” which was a region south of Egypt that included parts of the present countries of Ethiopia and Sudan.