Sign in
Job 28:15 — King James Version← Study notes

It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.


Job 28:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 28:158 words
HebrewMeaning
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יֻתַּ֣ןyutan
it will be givenverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
סְג֣וֹרsəgwōr
fine goldnounH5458
gold
תַּחְתֶּ֑י/הָtaḥəteyhā
for itpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִ֝שָּׁקֵ֗לyišāqēl
it will be weighed outverbH8254
receive · spend · throughly · weigh
כֶּ֣סֶףkesep
silvernounH3701
price · silver
מְחִירָֽ/הּməḥiyrāh
price itsnounH4242
hire · price · sold · worth
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 28:15

-15. But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Man knoweth not the price thereof: neither is it found in the land of them that live pleasantly. The depth saith, It is not with me, and the sea saith, It is not with me. Fine gold shall not be given for it: neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof: It is first to be noted, that two points be proposed to himself, and two he adds making answer. For to this that he said above, Where…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 18 §60
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!