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Job 28:16 — King James Version← Study notes

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.


Job 28:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 28:167 words
HebrewMeaning
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תְ֭סֻלֶּהtəsuleh
it will be paidverbH5541
value
בְּ/כֶ֣תֶםbəketem
in the gold ofpronH3800
pure) gold
אוֹפִ֑ירʾwōpiyr
OphirnounH211
בְּ/שֹׁ֖הַםbəšōham
in onyxpronH7718
יָקָ֣רyāqār
preciousadjH3368
clear · costly · excellent · fat ···
וְ/סַפִּֽירwəsapiyr
and sapphireconjH5601
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 28:16

-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
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