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Job 28:19 — King James Version← Study notes

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.


Job 28:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 28:198 words
HebrewMeaning
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יַ֭עַרְכֶ/נָּהyaʿarəkenāh
it will be comparable to itverbH6186
self) in array · compare · direct · equal ···
פִּטְדַתpiṭədat
topaz ofnounH6357
כּ֑וּשׁkwš
CushnounH3568
Cush · Ethiopia
בְּ/כֶ֥תֶםbəketem
in goldpronH3800
pure) gold
טָ֝ה֗וֹרṭāhwōr
pureadjH2889
fair · pure
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תְסֻלֶּֽהtəsuleh
it will be paidverbH5541
value
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 28:19

-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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