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Job 28:15-17
New English Translation
Job 28:15-17
New English Translation
15 Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it,
nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
16 It cannot be measured out for purchase[a] with the gold of Ophir,
with precious onyx[b] or sapphires.
17 Neither gold nor crystal[c] can be compared with it,
nor can a vase[d] of gold match its worth.
Footnotes
- Job 28:16 tn The word actually means “weighed,” that is, lifted up on the scale and weighed, in order to purchase.
- Job 28:16 tn The exact identification of these stones is uncertain. Many recent English translations, however, have “onyx” and “sapphires.”
- Job 28:17 tn 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.
- Job 28:17 tc The MT has “vase,” but the versions have a plural here, suggesting jewels of gold.
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