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Job 28:18-20
Contemporary English Version

18 Wisdom is worth much more than
    coral, jasper,[a] or rubies.
19 All the topaz[b] of Ethiopia[c]
and the finest gold
    cannot compare with it.
20 Where then is wisdom?

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Footnotes

  1. 28.18 jasper: A valuable stone, usually green or clear.
  2. 28.19 topaz: A valuable, yellow stone.
  3. 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.
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