Job 28:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.”

Job 28:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 28:177 words

HebrewMeaning

לֹאlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יַעַרְכֶ֣/נָּהyaʿarəkenāh

it will be comparable to itverbH6186

self) in array · compare · direct · equal ···

זָ֭הָבzāhāb

goldnounH2091

fair weather

וּ/זְכוֹכִ֑יתwzəkwōkiyt

and glassconjH2137

וּ/תְמ֖וּרָתָ֣/הּwtəmwrātāh

and is exchange itsconjH8545

recompense · restitution

כְּלִיkəliy

a vessel ofnounH3627

artillery · bag · carriage · furnish ···

פָֽזpāz

pure goldnounH6337

ℹWords 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 28:17

-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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