Job 28:17
“The golde and the chrystall cannot equall it: and the exchange of it shall not be for iewels of fine golde.”
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Job 28:17 Context
15It cannot be gotten for golde, neither shall siluer be weighed for the price thereof. 16It cannot be valued with the golde of Ophir, with the precious Onix, or the Saphire. 17The golde and the chrystall cannot equall it: and the exchange of it shall not be for iewels of fine golde. 18No mention shalbe made of Corall, or of Pearles: for the price of wisedome is aboue Rubies. 19The Topaze of Ethiopia shall not equall it, neither shall it be valued with pure golde.
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The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold.
- King James Version
"Gold or glass cannot equal it, Nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.
- Basic English Bible
Gold and glass cannot be compared to it, nor vessels of fine gold be its exchange.
- Darby Bible
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
- Webster's Bible
Gold and glass can't equal it, neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
- World English Bible
Not equal it do gold and crystal, Nor [is] its exchange a vessel of fine gold.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Gold and glass cannot equal it; neither shall the exchange thereof be vessels of fine gold.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible